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Author : Alan Rayburn
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0802082939
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 : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X000058292
Author : George Henry Armstrong
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547187486
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 : Alan Rayburn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105019291504
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 : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020124611
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 : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0802075703
"Atlantic Canada" covers the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland.
Author : G.P. (Philip) V. Akrigg,Helen Akrigg
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780774841702
Elephant Crossing. Houdini Needles. Miniskirt, Tickletoeteaser Tower, and Why Not Mountain. These are just some of the many names of places, rivers, mountains, and lakes that you will come across in the newest edition of British Columbia Place Names. This classic which, in its various editions, has sold over 29,000 copies, covers about 2,500 geographical features, cities, towns, and smaller communities in the province. The book abounds with fascinating historical facts, stories, and remarkable characters involved with the names of towns, cities, rivers, lakes, mountains, and islands. The selection was determined by the geographical importance of the feature as well as story of the naming. In the introduction the authors deal with the stages by which B.C. acquired its place names, the history of research into those names, and the categories into which they fall. The latter range from the honorific and commemorative to the comic and disrespectful. Aboriginal names receive particular attention. The location of each place is clearly indicated and the text is accompanied by detailed maps. Brief biographical accounts of persons with places named after them as well as an abundance of anecdotes make this a fascinating book for browsers and an invaluable resource for historians.
Author : George Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Names, Geographical
ISBN : UOM:39015016751706
Author : David Scott
Publisher : Allanburg, ON : DESPUB
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105115102894
Author : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : English language
ISBN : CORNELL:31924014572840
"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 : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Canada
ISBN : OCLC:958723657
Author : Ernest G. Mardon,Austin Mardon
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9781897472170
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 : Susan Hughes
Publisher : Maple Tree
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Canada
ISBN : 1894379497
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 : A. Rayburn,Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Names, Geographical
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038473547
Author : George Henry Armstrong
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:757349534