What's the history behind the french name of La Scie, Newfoundland?

It's a town in Newfoundland %26amp; Labrador, Canada.

What's the history behind the french name of La Scie, Newfoundland?
La Scie got its name from the French settlers who occupied the harbour for approximately eighty-years. The hills around the community resemble the teeth of a saw - hence, the name La Scie means "the saw".
Reply:La Scie = "The Saw" or "The Sawmill" ????





from a French-English online dictionary


scie saw (implement)


scie sawmill





There is a nice history of La Scie located at: http://ezc.ca/webs/ez_page.asp?user=comm... , but it deals with the fishing aspect of the town and does not mention a saw/sawmill.





Also, if you go to: http://ezc.ca/webs/ez_page.asp?user=dors... , you can find a more genralized history of the Baie Verte Penninsula





Hmmm, so I wonder if it is based on the geography of the land mass or an actual sawmill? My guess is the geography.
Reply:La Scie translates into English as 'the saw', as in the tool.





If you look at the map, the whole coastline in the area looks like the teeth of a saw. When the land is viewed from the water, the hills rise up fairly quickly from the coast and are regular enough to appear like the teeth of a saw, as well.





The village, itself, is beside a small harbour -- one of the few along that inhospitable coast.





This is how it was explained to me by the locals when I visited my cousin who was working there in 1967.
Reply:Jagged, "sawtoothed" hills. It's a long tradition. Just look at the Montserrat ("Saw Tooth Mountain") mountain and abbey near Barcelona. (And in another vein, the Grand Teton mountain in Wyoming.)





"La Scie was first settled by the French and was part of the French Shore. Its name means "saw", which refers to the jagged hills surrounding part of the town."





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