This brief article identifies the federal and provincial organizations in Canada responsible for authorizing official place names (toponyms). Included are suggested resources relevant for locating both official and historical Canadian place names. A search for Kenow Mountain, British Columbia is used to illustrate the challenges encountered when attempting to determine naming origins
Canada was one of the first countries to establish a geographical names authority and has participat...
This paper considers the naming history of indigenous rock art sites in the Grampians-Gariwerd Natio...
Canada was one of the first countries to establish a geographical names authority and has participat...
Open access article. Creative Commons Attribution License applies.This brief article identifies ...
This publication contains an A to Z list of place names in the Kamloops region with an explanation o...
An investigation into the origin of place names in Powell, Granite, Deer Lodge, Missoula, and Ravall...
Apart from conventional understandings of its utilitarian function as spatial labels (often eponymou...
127 leaves : map ; 29 cmIncludes abstract and appendices.Includes bibliographical references (leaves...
The subject of the article is linguistic and cultural features of place names of one of the Canadian...
In this article the origin, motivation and semantic structure of placenames of the Canadian province...
The article provides great detail about the Native American, English and French names of Maine place...
This study examines the potential of Dakelh place-names as a tool for educating Tl'azt'en children a...
The note focuses on the initiative of renaming some places in Canada to celebrate the year of Canada...
Features nomenclature of prominent bodies of water located throughout Kansas. (Excerpted from: 1001 ...
"MOUNT ST. PIERRE, named by Lieutenant Robert E. Johnson on June 7, 1841, who called it 'a remarkabl...
Canada was one of the first countries to establish a geographical names authority and has participat...
This paper considers the naming history of indigenous rock art sites in the Grampians-Gariwerd Natio...
Canada was one of the first countries to establish a geographical names authority and has participat...
Open access article. Creative Commons Attribution License applies.This brief article identifies ...
This publication contains an A to Z list of place names in the Kamloops region with an explanation o...
An investigation into the origin of place names in Powell, Granite, Deer Lodge, Missoula, and Ravall...
Apart from conventional understandings of its utilitarian function as spatial labels (often eponymou...
127 leaves : map ; 29 cmIncludes abstract and appendices.Includes bibliographical references (leaves...
The subject of the article is linguistic and cultural features of place names of one of the Canadian...
In this article the origin, motivation and semantic structure of placenames of the Canadian province...
The article provides great detail about the Native American, English and French names of Maine place...
This study examines the potential of Dakelh place-names as a tool for educating Tl'azt'en children a...
The note focuses on the initiative of renaming some places in Canada to celebrate the year of Canada...
Features nomenclature of prominent bodies of water located throughout Kansas. (Excerpted from: 1001 ...
"MOUNT ST. PIERRE, named by Lieutenant Robert E. Johnson on June 7, 1841, who called it 'a remarkabl...
Canada was one of the first countries to establish a geographical names authority and has participat...
This paper considers the naming history of indigenous rock art sites in the Grampians-Gariwerd Natio...
Canada was one of the first countries to establish a geographical names authority and has participat...
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