Capt. Mooron wrote:

'Firth' is Scottish for 'estuary', 'Forth' is the name of the river
that feeds it.

Crap... here I thought it was Gaelic!

It quite possibly is (haven't studied the etymology) - there are several
firths in Scotland... Firth Of Clyde, Firth Of Tay, Moray Firth, Solway
Firth, etc. An exception to the estuary idea is the Pentland Firth, which is
actually the seaway between the mainland and Orkney.


[...back from Cape Breton Highlands National Park!]

It was gorgeous, right? :-)


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