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Travel Western Provinces

Place Names of Alberta, Vol I

Mountains, Parks and Foothills

edited by Aphrodite Karamitsanis

Publisher
University of Calgary Press
Initial publish date
Jun 1991
Category
Western Provinces
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780919813731
    Publish Date
    Jun 1991
    List Price
    $29.95

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Where to buy it

Out of print

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Description

This first in a series of four reference books focuses on Alberta's official geographical place names combining gazetteer and origin information within the mountains, mountain parks, and foothills and is the most current and complete tool regarding this area of the province's toponymy.

Place names fascinate everyone, and certainly Alberta has its share of striking and unusual place names. Some evoke an atmosphere, such as "Gloomy Creek" or "Happy Valley"; some are simply descriptive, such as "Castle Mountain" or "Thin Lake." Origins of place names are as diverse as the names themselves and in Place Names of Alberta: Volume I, many of the historical stories will unfold.

About the author

At the time of writing, Aphrodite Karamitsanis was the Geographical Names Programme Coordinator for the Historic Sites Service, Alberta Culture and Multiculturalism, Edmonton, Alberta. For a number of years, she was heard regularly as the "Namedropper" on the "Saturday Morning Show" on CBC radio in Alberta.

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