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just out of curiousity, how did a place that is completely inland aquire the name Gold "Coast" ? --Marc Pasquin 19:41, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

In my mind's eye, it was settled by folks from the Côte d'Or of France, which refers to the natural Côte d'Or limestone escarpment in Burgundy, France. While the literal translation would be Gold Coast, it more readily should be translated as "golden hillside". The Côte d'Or in France looks like golden waves in the fall because of the changing of leaves in the vineyards. That's more or less why I named it that. --BoArthur 20:32, 10 June 2009 (UTC)