Canada S Place Names And How To Change Them

Author : Lauren Beck
Publisher : Concordia University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1988111390

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Canada's Place Names and How to Change Them by Lauren Beck Pdf

A study of what Canadian place names reveal about the country's self-image. Canada's Place Names and How to Change Them disentangles the distinct cultural, religious, and political naming practices in First Nations' and Canadian provinces, territories, and lands. Lauren Beck surveys a diverse range of Indigenous place names before discussing how settlers misunderstood and appropriated them throughout history. Along the way, Beck describes how language and other symbols such as maps, flags, and coats of arms reveal whose identities inform Canada's national self-understanding and whose are systematically erased. Uncovering the contingent processes behind seemingly inevitable descriptors, Beck also highlights instructive examples of communities who changed their names toward a more just future.

Author : Alan Rayburn
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0802082939

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Naming Canada by Alan Rayburn Pdf

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.

Author : William B. Hamilton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X000058292

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The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names by William B. Hamilton Pdf

Author : Nancy J. Turner
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780295997865

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The Earth's Blanket by Nancy J. Turner Pdf

This is a thought-provoking look at Native American stories, cultural institutions, and ways of knowing, and what they can teach us about living sustainably.

Author : George Henry Armstrong
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547187486

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The Origin and Meaning of Place Names in Canada by George Henry Armstrong Pdf

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.

Author : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : English language
ISBN : CORNELL:31924014572840

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A Guide to the Pronunciation of Canadian Place Names by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Pdf

"The Guide originally appeared twenty years ago as part of the CBC's "Handbook for Announcers". The main purpose of this guide was and is to enable announcers to pronounce place names that occur in news bulletins without giving offence to listeners who know the place mentioned."

Author : Alan Rayburn
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020124611

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Dictionary of Canadian Place Names by Alan Rayburn Pdf

This handy and entertaining A-Z guide explains the nomenclature of more than 5,000 cities, towns, and geographical features in Canada.

Author : William Baillie Hamilton
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0802075703

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Place Names of Atlantic Canada by William Baillie Hamilton Pdf

"Atlantic Canada" covers the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland.

Author : Susan Hughes
Publisher : Maple Tree
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Canada
ISBN : 1894379497

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Let's Call it Canada by Susan Hughes Pdf

The book traces the place names of Canada in order to look the places, peoples and events that made the country what it is. Place names highlight the incredible diversity of the country, and some are plain wacky, too.

Author : Tanya Lee Howe,Eileen Velthuis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Names, Personal
ISBN : 1770409491

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Changing Your Name in Canada by Tanya Lee Howe,Eileen Velthuis Pdf

Author : Ernest G. Mardon,Austin Mardon
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9781897472170

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Community Place Names of Alberta by Ernest G. Mardon,Austin Mardon Pdf

This expanded third edition of Community Names of Alberta, gives a comprehensive description of community names of Alberta. Tracing the etymology of Alberta's communities provides a significant historical and cultural insight into Alberta's phases of history. Complete with locations, this book details the origins of community names in Alberta.

Author : George Henry Armstrong
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:757349534

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The Origin and Meaning of Place Names in Canada by George Henry Armstrong Pdf

Author : Alan Rayburn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105019291504

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Place Names of Ontario by Alan Rayburn Pdf

Place Names Can Provide Valuable Insight Into a variety of fascinating aspects of geography, history, languages, cultures, and customs of a particular region. Ontario, with its extensive overlay of place names with connections to the British Isles, differs markedly in place-name characteristics from Canada's other regions, especially those which have been historically imprinted with the French language and culture. In this, the first wide-ranging review of Ontario's physical and cultural place names, Alan Rayburn has selected 2,285 from the province's 57,000 official toponyms including all 815 municipalities, as well as unincorporated places with populations exceeding 75, and a large selection of the more prominent lakes, rivers, islands, points, hills, mountains, and highways. Rayburn sets the record straight on the origin of many names including that of Toronto, which does not mean 'place of meeting, ' but reflects the transfer of the Mohawk description of fish weirs in The Narrows between Lake Simcoe and Lake Couchiching. He points out that Kitchener would still be Berlin but for the First World War, and Fort William and Port Arthur might have become Lakehead in 1970 if the ballot had not been rigged in favour of Thunder Bay. Rayburn also deals with an impressive array of names of Aboriginal origin including Niagara, Muskoka, Penetanguishene, Temagami, Nipigon, Oshawa, and Wawa. He explains that Batawa does not fall into this category: it would be a case of 'putting the shoe on the wrong foot' as Rayburn expresses it. Diplomatically he reveals the correct origin of Bastard Township. An informative and entertaining overview of the mosaic of Ontario's toponymy, Place Names ofOntario will rank among the finest of North American place name studies and will appeal to academic and general readers alike.

Author : Alan Rayburn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 0802069908

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Naming Canada by Alan Rayburn Pdf

Since 1983 Alan Rayburn has been writing a popular column called 'Place Names' for Canadian Geographic. In it he delves into the sources of Canadian place names, and in so doing reveals a treasure trove of Canadian history and myth. This volume brings together over sixty columns Rayburn has written; it is at the same time a fine and accurate reference for Canadian place names and a collection of colourful anecdotes. Covering everything from how our national parks were named to places with names that are acronyms, such as Arvida and Kenora, Naming Canada is a delightful addition to the library of anyone who has puzzled over the strange and unusual names that abound in Canada.

Author : George Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Names, Geographical
ISBN : UOM:39015016751706

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Place-names of Canada by George Johnson Pdf