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British Columbia Place Names

British Columbia Place Names

Author: G. P. V. Akrigg

Publisher: UBC Press

ISBN: 0774806370

Category: Science

Page: 342

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Elephant Crossing, Houdini Needles, Miniskirt, Billy Whiskers Glacier.There are just a handful of the many colourful names you will come across in this newest edition of British Columbia Place Names, which has been expanded to cover some 2,400 places acros sthe province. This BC classic and its predecessor, 1001 British Columbia Place Names, together have sold over 29,000 copies. British Columbia Place Names is truly the work of a lifetime. The authors, Philip and Helen Akrigg, have spent more than forty years researching BC place names, hunting through archives in Canada, the United States, and Britain, and making extensive field trips across the entire province to interview informants and view sites. The result is a marvellous book filled with remarkable historical facts, interesting anecdotes, and brief biographical accounts of the characters for which the province’s towns, cities, rivers, lakes, mountains, and islands have become namesakes. Tickletoeteaser Tower, The Lecture Cutters, Why Not Mountain, Phyllis’s Engine. The list of intriguing names goes on. This book will be a source of fascination for browsers as well as an invaluable resource for historians. It should definately find a home on the bookshelves or in the glove compartment of anyone with an interest in BC history. Philip Akrigg was for many years professor of English at the Univeristy of British Columbia. Helen Akrigg also taught at UBC and is a past president of the British Columbia Historical Association.
British Columbia Place Names
Language: en
Pages: 342

British Columbia Place Names

Authors: G. P. V. Akrigg, Helen B. Akrigg
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997 - Publisher: UBC Press

Elephant Crossing, Houdini Needles, Miniskirt, Billy Whiskers Glacier.There are just a handful of the many colourful names you will come across in this newest edition of British Columbia Place Names, which has been expanded to cover some 2,400 places acros sthe province. This BC classic and its predecessor, 1001 British
Aboriginal Place Names of New York
Language: en
Pages: 348

Aboriginal Place Names of New York

Authors: William Martin Beauchamp
Categories: Names, Geographical
Type: BOOK - Published: 1971 - Publisher:

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Language: en
Pages: 348

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Authors: Virgil J. Vogel
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1991 - Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press

List of place-names, primarily those names after American Indian tribes or individuals, including some historical information about each person or tribe.
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Language: en
Pages: 518

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Authors: Luise Hercus, Harold Koch
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-10-01 - Publisher: ANU E Press

Aboriginal approaches to the naming of places across Australia differ radically from the official introduced Anglo-Australian system. However, many of these earlier names have been incorporated into contemporary nomenclature, with considerable reinterpretations of their function and form. Recently, state jurisdictions have encouraged the adoption of a greater number of Indigenous
Aboriginal Place Names
Language: en
Pages: 135

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Authors: Alexander Wyclif Reed
Categories: Foreign Language Study
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998 - Publisher: New Holland Pub Pty Limited

"Where does the name Cooloongatta come from? What does Uluru mean? So many of our place names are derived from Aboriginal words, but their orgins and meaning are unknown to most Australians. This new edition gives thousands of Aboriginal meanings from all over Australia, plus many new entries for places

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