Main entry:

Rayburn, Alan.

Title & Author:

Naming Canada : stories about place names from Canadian Geographic / Alan Rayburn.

Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©1994.

Description:

xi, 271 pages ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Added t.p.: Naming Canada : essays on place names from Canadian Geographic.
Looking at Canada's Places from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and to the Arctic; Canada: A Native Name from the Land -- How Canada Lost Its Dominion -- Canada: The North, South, East, and West of it -- High Points Across the Land -- How Our National Parks Got Their Names -- A Medley of Favourite Names -- Riding Names: Some Gratifying, Some Grating -- Scrutinizing Political Issues and Languages Problems; Of Hatters and Capers, Townies and Trifluviens, and Other Monikers People Call Themselves -- Pronouncing Names as the Locals Do -- Sorting out the Sound-alikes and Look-alikes -- Standard Spelling Eliminates Confusion ... Usually -- Who's to Blame for Mistake Names? -- Acronyms ... Such as Kenora, Koocanusa, and Snafu Creek -- Avoid the Apostrophe ... But not Always -- When Names Become Politically Incorrect -- Hot and Bothered by 'Disgusting' Names -- Castle Mountain and Its Thirty-five-Year Eisenhower Haitus -- Receiving Names from Overseas and Exporting Names Abroad; Touring the Middle East without Leaving Canada -- Capitalizing on Foreign Capitals -- Anzac to Zealandia: Names from Down Under -- A Touch of Portuguese on the East Coast -- Spanish Names Along Our West Coast -- Crimean Victories Commemorated Across Canada -- On the Western Front: Names from World War Battle -- Heavenly Places from Coast to Coast -- Canadian Names Around the World -- Revealing Special Characteristics of Place Names and Generic Terms; Cities: Source of Pride, Broken Dreams -- Legacy of the Voyageurs on the Prairies -- Of Tickles and Rips, Barachois and Bogans -- Christmas Creek ... and Other Yuletide Honours -- Of Valentines and other matters of the Heart -- Giving the Devil his Due -- A Giggle, er, Gaggle of Ha! Ha!s -- Adopting Names of Native Origin and Acknowledging Names Used by Indigenous Peoples; Native Place Names: We All Have our Favourites -- Native Names for Native Places -- Miramichi: Jacques Cartier in the Land of the Micmacs -- Saskatoon: A Home-made Name from a Home-grown Fruit -- Medicine Hat: Mystery, Romance, and Hints of Magic Below -- In Canso, Survival is a Tradition -- We have 'Honoured' the Moose 662 Times! -- Examining the Names of Particular Places; Cupids, Nfld.: Britain's First Canadian Colony -- Acadia: A Land without Boundaries -- Montreal: A People's City Beneath a King's Mountain -- Meech Lake- of Accord Fame- and Other Lakes Nearby -- Flin Flon: A strange 'Professor' on Even Stranger ventures -- Lake Laberge (Rhyme with Marge) and Other Yukon Names -- Observing Selected Names in Particular Regions; Captain Vancouver's Legacy -- Mackenzie Expeditions Left a Trail of Names -- '88 Olympics: Calgary, Kananaskis, and Mount Allan -- The Thousand Island: There Really 1,149 -- Relocating the Lost Villages -- Great Divide Passes in the Rockies -- Commemorating Prominent Individuals and Honouring Certain Family Names; Fraser, a Thoroughly Geographic Name -- George Dawson, Inspiration for More than Twenty-five Names -- Victoria: The Most-Honoured Names in Canada -- Fit for the Prince of Wales -- Vanier: Places Honouring an Illustrious Statesman -- A Mountain for Michener, a Lake for Leger -- Laurier, Most-Commemorated Canadian -- Remembering John F. Kennedy -- Smith: We Are Blessed with 439 of Them!

Summary:

"Since 1983 Alan Rayburn has been writing a popular column called 'Place Names' for Canadian Geographic. In it he delves into the sources of Canadian place names, and in so doing reveals a treasure trove of Canadian history and myth. This volume brings together over sixty columns Rayburn has written; it is at the same time a fine and accurate reference for Canadian place names and a collection of colourful anecdotes." "Covering everything from how our national parks were named to places with names that are acronyms, such as Arvida and Kenora, Naming Canada is a delightful addition to the library of anyone who has puzzled over the strange and unusual names that abound in Canada."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN:

0802005691 (cloth ; acid-free)
9780802005694 (cloth ; acid-free)
0802069908 (pbk.)
9780802069900 (pbk.)

Subject:

Names, Geographical Canada Miscellanea.
Names, Geographical Canada.
Noms géographiques Canada Miscellanées.
Miscellanea
Names, Geographical
Geografische namen.
Canadian geographic (tijdschrift)
Canada History, Local Miscellanea.
Canada
Canada Names, Geographical.
Place names

Form/genre:

Local history
Trivia and miscellanea

Added entries:

Canadian geographic.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 315418
Call No.: 315418
Copy: 1
Status: Available