Naming Canada: stories about place names from Canadian geographic
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1994
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| Physical Description: | XI, 271 S. |
| ISBN: | 0802005691 0802069908 |
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Autor: Rayburn, Alan
Jahr: 1994
Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 3
Looking at Canada s Places from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, and to the Arctic
Canada: A Native Name from the Land 11
How Canada Lost Its Dominion 15
Canada: The North, South, East, and West of It 18
High Points Across the Land 22
How Our National Parks Got Their Names 25
A Medley of Favourite Names 29
Riding Names: Some Gratifying, Some Grating 34
Scrutinizing Political Issues and Language Problems
Of Hatters and Capers, Townies and Trifluviens, and
Other Monikers People Call Themselves 41
Pronouncing Names as the Locals Do 44
Sorting Out the Sound-alikes and Look-alikes 47
Standard Spelling Eliminates Confusion ... Usually 50
Who s to Blame for Mistake Names? 54
Acronyms ... Such as Kenora, Koocanusa, and Snafu
Creek 58
Avoid the Apostrophe ... But Not Always 60
vi Contents
When Names Become Politically Incorrect 63
Hot and Bothered by Disgusting Names 67
Castle Mountain and Its Thirty-five-Year Eisenhower
Hiatus 71
Receiving Names from Overseas and Exporting Names
Abroad
Touring the Middle East without Leaving Canada 75
Capitalizing on Foreign Capitals 79
Anzac to Zealandia: Names from Down Under 83
A Touch of Portuguese on the East Coast 87
Spanish Names Along Our West Coast 90
Crimean Victories Commemorated Across Canada 93
On the Western Front: Names from First World War
Battles 97
Heavenly Places from Coast to Coast 100
Canadian Names Around the World 103
Revealing Special Characteristics of Place Names and
Generic Terms
Cities: Source of Pride, Broken Dreams 108
Legacy of the Voyageurs on the Prairies 112
Of Tickles and Rips, Barachois and Bogans 115
Christmas Creek ... and Other Yuletide Honours 118
Of Valentines and Other Matters of the Heart 122
Giving the Devil His Due 126
A Giggle, er, Gaggle of Ha!Ha!s 130
Adopting Names of Native Origin and Acknowledging
Names Used by Indigenous Peoples
Native Place Names: We All Have Our Favourites 134
Native Names for Native Places 136
Contents vii
Miramichi: Jacques Cartier in the Land of the
Micmacs 140
Saskatoon: A Home-made Name from a Home-grown
Fruit 142
Medicine Hat: Mystery, Romance, and Hints of Magic
Below 145
In Canso, Survival Is a Tradition 148
We Have Honoured the Moose 662 Times! 151
Examining the Names of Particular Places
Cupids, Nfld.: Britain s First Canadian Colony 156
Acadia: A Land without Boundaries 159
Montréal: A People s City Beneath a King s Mountain 162
Meech Lake - of Accord Fame - and Other Lakes
Nearby 165
Flin Flon: A Strange Professor on Even Stranger
Ventures 168
Lake Laberge (Rhymes with Marge) and Other Yukon
Names 170
Observing Selected Names in Particular Regions
Captain Vancouver s Legacy 173
Mackenzie Expeditions Left a Trail of Names 177
88 Olympics: Calgary, Kananaskis, and Mount Allan 182
The Thousand Islands: There Are Really 1,149 185
Relocating the Lost Villages 189
Great Divide Passes in the Rockies 193
Commemorating Prominent Individuals and Honouring
Certain Family Names
Fraser, a Thoroughly Geographic Name 198
George Dawson, Inspiration for More Than Twenty-five
Names 204
viii Contents
Victoria: The Most-Honoured Name in Canada 208
Fit for the Prince of Wales 211
Vanier: Places Honouring an Illustrious Statesman 213
A Mountain for Michener, a Lake for Léger 218
Laurier, Most-Commemorated Canadian 221
Remembering John F. Kennedy 225
Smith: We Are Blessed with 439 of Them! 228
Index 233
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