According to myth, the name was inspired by a husky French Canadian settler named Augustus Gillard, who lived in a half-underground dwelling known as a,Named for Captain Edward Langford, who established one of the four.Named for its geographical location north of Vancouver.Named for Nelson Parks, the postmaster at the time of incorporation.Named by Hugh McRoberts for Richmonds Farm in.Named by Ross Thompson after himself in 1890, after purchasing the land the settlement was to be built on. Another story is the name came from a Scottish man who exclaimed "Wee Burn!" One story is that the city is named after a worker who supervised the building of the railroad in the area. 437 (formerly "Indian Reserve") named after the Alexis family, prominent in the band,Battle River translation of Cree place name. Originally named York Colony, it was changed to Yorkton in 1884.This page was last edited on 30 May 2020, at 03:44. Ontario. Prince Edward Island. Name Population Latitude/Longitude; 1: Toronto , Ontario: 2,600,000: 43.7 / -79.416: 2: Montreal , Quebec: 1,600,000 The name Canada comes from the word meaning "village" or "settlement" in the Saint-Lawrence Iroquoian language spoken by the inhabitants of Stadacona and the neighbouring region near present-day Quebec City in the 16th century. Northwest Territories. Jacques Cartier was first to use the word "Canada" to refer not only to the village of …
The city received its name in 2004 following the amalgamation of New Liskeard, Haileybury, and Dymond.Named by Alphonse Paré in 1912 in honour of his uncle Noah Timmins, President of Hollinger Mines.Derived from word "tkaronto", meaning "place where trees stand in the water".Named for Benjamin Vaughan, a British commissioner who signed.Named for Summerside House, an inn operated by the son of the settlement's founder.The name means "The end of the deep water" in the Innu/Montagnais language,The name Battleford originated from a nearby.Named after the Martens family, who founded the city on land which they had previously purchased.Named after the nearby lake, which is the source of the Meadow River.Named by Reginald Beatty, the first European woman to settle in the area, after her family estate in,Named after the Swift Current Creek, which was originally called,The origin of the city's name is disputed.
Palliser translated the name as Little Manitoo in 1865.Minaik: Cree (also Nakoda) "Minahik" for evergreen (pine or tamarack).Peace River translation of Tza Tinne place name unchago, which is derived from peace made in late 1700s between two groups along its shores.Piikani 147 Indian reserve (on which Brocket is located) owned by Piikani Nation (formerly the Peigan Nation),Pekisko from Blackfoot place name translates as "rough ridge" or "rolling hills",Pipestone River translation of Cree and possibly Nakoda place name, derived from it being source of stone to make pipes,Poundmaker Trail named after Cree chief Poundmaker,Prairie Creek translation of Cree and Nakoda place name,Pretty Hill translation of Cree place name,Princess Lake translation of Cree place name,Rabbit Hill (Edmonton) translation of Cree place name,Red River colour of water in river (red from its high iron content),Redearth Creek soil on its shores used by Natives as body paint,Redearth Pass soil in pass used by Natives as body paint,Redwater (river and town) translation of Cree name "red water",Redwillow Creek form of translation of Cree place name literally "Red Feathers/bristles small river",Sakaw (neighbourhood in southside Edmonton),Skyrattler (neighbourhood in southside Edmonton),Tipaskan (neighbourhood in southside Edmonton).Valley of Ten Peaks includes these four peaks named after the numerals of the Stoney language:Wabamun: (lake and town west of Edmonton) is a Cree word for "mirror" or "looking glass,Cheam: Halqemeylem for "(place to) always get strawberries". Winnipeg.
(1978), "Saint-Lawrence Iroquoians", in,Mithun, Marianne (1999). It is suspected that it is named after the village of.Named for its location, literally it means "great meadow" or "big prairie".While the city is named after Father Hippolyte Leduc, a French-Canadian priest who served in the area, there is a dispute over how the designation became official. Nova Scotia. Another story is that the name originates as nothing more than a suggestion by an employee of the,Named for its location at the fork between the.Named after Robert Wood, one of the original settlers in the area. Notes: ^ Vancouver is Canada's eighth-largest city and British Columbia's largest city by population. Greenwood was chosen as an appropriate name given Wood's last name and the presence of green timber in the area.Named after the Okanagan term for a female grizzly bear. There were many fights in its area between Cree, Blackfoot and Nakoda,Bear Hills Lake translation of Cree place name.Beaver Hills (includes today's Elk Island Park) translation of Cree, Blackfoot and Nakoda place names for the feature.Blood Reserve 148 (formerly Indian reserve) Kinai First Nation, name roughly translated as Blood in the past,Ermineskin Reserve 138 (formerly Indian reserve) owned by Ermineskin Cree Nation, one of the Four Nations of Maskwacis,Goosequill Lake translation of Cree word Manikwanan for the lake,Grand Forks: translation of Blackfoot name for the place,Grand Prairie: translation of Cree name "Big Prairie",Manawan Lake Cree for egg-gathering place.Marie Lake poor translation of the Cree word for the place methai, pronounced merai, which translates as a fish.Maskwa Creek near Wetaskiwin (Cree for black bear),Maskwacis (formerly known as Hobbema) collection of several First Nations name translates as Bear hills.Matchayaw Lake Cree for bad spirit. The Halqemeylem term refers to an island across from the present-day reserve and village. Saskatchewan. Regina. Select the name of the Place/Address/City (in Canada) from the suggested list. Ives Goddard. Nunavut.