For the first twenty or so years of my life, I lived at three different addresses, all within about two miles of each other, in Plainfield and North Plainfield, New Jersey.

The sports teams at North Plainfield High were (and still are) known as the "Canucks"; that was the first context in which I ever heard the word. Obviously enough, it referred to the residents of a smaller community north of a larger city.

Off the subject, I found it interesting that the Wiki articles on the two municipalities both list "famous" people who were born in, or who had lived in, each one. Only one person is listed for both Plainfield and North Plainfield: the great jazz pianist Bill Evans. Me and Bill, both with roots on the same two towns...