| Summary: | tickle n It is the word Tickle, applied to denote a narrow passage of some length between an island and the mainland, sometimes large enough to afford shelter for vessels, but sometimes so sm all as to be navigable only by boats. Tickle Point and Tickle Bay, North Tickle, Main Tickle, etc. But on the Labrador coast "The Coast Pilot" notes over a dozen places so named, Indian Tick kle, Domino Tickle, Favourite Tickle, Ice Tickle, Jigger Tickle, etc., etc., with the names of other places formed from them as Tickle Island, Dark Tickle Island, George Tickle Head, etc. p. 144 n In Nova Scotia also at Cape Canso, we find a narrow pas passage . know as the Tittle. .We find also on maps of Cape Breton the passage between Scatterie and a neigh- bouring island, called the Tittle Passage. Feb 1977 APR 23 2004 Used I and Sup Used I Not used tittle this entry is two cards long; p. 2 found at T_13444
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