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Naming Canada : Stories about Canadian Place Names by Alan Rayburn (2001, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press

ISBN-100802082939

ISBN-139780802082930

eBay Product ID (ePID)1835011

Product Key Features

Number of Pages360 Pages

Publication NameNaming Canada : Stories about Canadian Place Names

LanguageEnglish

SubjectCanada / General, General, Linguistics / Etymology

Publication Year2001

TypeTextbook

AuthorAlan Rayburn

Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines, History

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight16.7 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2001-272269

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal917.1/001/4

Edition DescriptionEnlarged edition

SynopsisThis wonderful collection of 76 essays explores the fascinating origin and meaning of the names of some of the towns, villages, cities, islands, mountains, and rivers that make up one of the world's largest countries. This new edition includes fifteen more essays, and updates the previous essays to include changes, corrections and new names to the year 2000. Discover how some of Canada's most unusual place names came to be; unearth the Aboriginal roots of names such as Miramichi, Klondike, Iqaluit, Toronto, and Ottawa; learn the origin of such playful and mellifluous names as Medicine Hat, Twillingate, Flin Flon, Cupids, or Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! From Bonavista and Port au Choix in the east, to Malaspina Strait and Port Alberni in the west, this book also reveals the rich Portuguese, Spanish, and Basque contributions to Canada's toponymic heritage. Naming Canada tells us about place names that became undesirable and had to be changed for reasons of perceived political impropriety. The former Stalin Township, for example, was renamed after Rick Hansen, the renowned Man in Motion, who promoted research in spinal cord injuries. The book also discusses Canadian names that have been exported abroad, such as Quebec in England and Toronto in Australia. One new essay explores the nicknames used for Canadian places, and focuses on Hogtown as an alternative for Toronto. This collection is the best single source, in an engaging essay format, on the origin and meaning of hundreds of Canadian place names. Alan Rayburn has had over 35 years' experience in researching Canada's toponymic roots and in writing about the authentic backgrounds behind thousands of names, from Toronto in the south to Tukyoyaktuk in the north, and from Labrador in the east to Juan de Fuca Strait in the west., Discover how some of Canada's most unusual place names came to be. Seventy-six essays, including fifteen new to this edition, updated to include changes, corrections, and new names to the year 2000.

LC Classification NumberF1004.R39 2001