ɪt ɹᵻspˈɑːndᵻd fˈeɪvɚɹəbli tʊ ɐ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti tˈuː pətˈɪʃən kəlˈɛktᵻd baɪ ðə pˈæɹɪʃ pɹˈiːst ʌv fˈɛɹɪlˌænd, fˈɑːðɚɹ ˈælfɹɪd mˈæhɚ tə tʃˈeɪndʒ ðə nˈeɪm ʌvðə sˈɛɾəlmənt ɪn ˈɑːnɚɹ ʌv sˌɜː dʒˈɔːɹdʒ kˈælvɜːt, fˈɜːst bˈæɹən bˈɔltɪmˌoːɹ, ænd fˈaʊndɚ, ɪnðɪ ˈɜːli sˈɛvəntˌiːnθ sˈɛntʃɚɹi, ʌvðə kˈɑːləni ʌv ˈævælən æt wʌt ɪz nˈaʊ nˈɪɹbaɪ fˈɛɹɪlˌænd.
It responded favourably to a 1922 petition collected by the parish priest of Ferryland, Father Alfred Maher to change the name of the settlement in honour of Sir George Calvert, First Baron Baltimore, and founder, in the early seventeenth century, of the Colony of Avalon at what is now nearby Ferryland.