Author: Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical NamesPublisher:
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Languages : en
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CANADA'S GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES.
Author: Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical NamesPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Canada
Author: Canada. Energy, Mines and Resources. Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical NamesPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Naming Canada
Author: Alan RayburnPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 9780802082930
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Discover how some of Canada's most unusual place names came to be. Seventy-six essays, including fifteen new to this edition, updated to include changes, corrections, and new names to the year 2000.
Canada : Geographical Names and the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names
Author: Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical NamesPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 10
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Canada's geographical names approved in English and French
Author: Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical NamesPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Canada
Author: Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical NamesPublisher: Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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The Origin and Meaning of Place Names in Canada
Author: George Henry ArmstrongPublisher: DigiCat
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Origin and Meaning of Place Names in Canada" by George Henry Armstrong. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Gazetteer of Canada
Author: Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical NamesPublisher: Published for the Canada Permanent Committee on Geographical Names by Surveys and Mapping Branch = Publié pour le Comité permanent canadien des noms géographiques par la Direction des levés et de la cartographie
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
This volume is the first comprehensive record of official geographical names in the Northwest Territories and contains over 11,000 entries. Separate alphabetical listings are provided for communities and localities, and physical and cultural features. All names are shown in the language and form approved by the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names. A glossary of generic terms is included.
Dictionary of Canadian Place Names
Author: Alan RayburnPublisher:
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Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Place names reflect a very significant part of a nation's cultural and linguistic heritage. They are ever-present on road signs and maps, in correspondence and periodicals, and in all kinds of official and unofficial records and documents. Over 6200 names from Canada's rich toponymic tapestry are included in this unique dictionary - not only cities, towns and villages, but lakes, rivers, national parks, well-known mountains and many capes, as well as the actual origin of the place name. Words taken from Cree, Inuit, French, Gaelic, Spanish, Portuguese Mi'kmaq, Basque, German and other languages, as well as the many names echoing the towns and regions that fond immigrants had left behind, reflect Canada's diverse multicultural heritage. Many places were named after people who played a role in local history, or more celebrated heroes of foreign affairs. In these cases, brief biographical details identify such eponymous individuals as the poet Robert Service, or Mary March, the English name given to Demasduit, Beothuk wife of Chief Nonosbawsut, whose capture by local settlers led to her death in 1820 - one of the last of her now extinct race. A surprising number of places were named after battles and military leaders, many after peculiar features of the landscape, and others for animals, ships, fruit, and native religious beliefs. Anyone who has felt curious about the choice of names like South Porcupine, Dildo, Head-Smashed-In-Buffalo Jump, Magnetic Hill, or Saint-Lous-du-Ha! Ha!, will find much of interest in this book.
Canada - Geographical Names and the United Nations, 1982
Author: Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical NamesPublisher:
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Languages : fr
Pages : 200
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