Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The -r-also began to disappear from the name on early maps, resulting in the current Acadia. [20] Possibly derived from the Míkmaq word akatik, pronounced roughly "agadik", meaning "place", which French-speakers spelled as -cadie in place names such as Shubenacadie and Tracadie, possibly coincidentally. [21]
Provinces and territories whose official names are aboriginal in origin are Yukon, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Nunavut.. Manitoba: Either derived from the Cree word manito-wapâw meaning "the strait of the spirit or manitobau" or the Assiniboine words mini and tobow meaning "Lake of the Prairie", referring to Lake Manitoba.
Salmon Fly: Picture Province [6] Newfoundland and Labrador [7] Atlantic puffin (provincial bird) Willow ptarmigan Rock ptarmigan (game bird) Woodland caribou (Newfoundland regimental mascot) Newfoundland pony (heritage animal) – Purple pitcher plant: Black spruce: Labradorite: Quaerite primum regnum dei (seek ye first the kingdom of God)
This is a list of rivers of Saskatchewan, a province of Canada. The largest and most notable rivers are listed at the start, followed by rivers listed by drainage basin and then alphabetically. Principal river statistics
The Boeuf River (/ b ɛ f /) is a tributary of the Ouachita River in the U.S. states of Arkansas and Louisiana. The river is about 216 miles (348 km) long. It flows into the Ouachita near Enterprise, Louisiana. [2] The Boeuf River's name comes from the French word bœuf, which means "ox".
Anglicization of the word Kwikwetlem, meaning "red fish up the river". [44] Port Moody: English Named by Captain George Henry Richards of HMS Plumper for Colonel Richard Clement Moody of the Royal Engineers. Moody was the commissioner of lands and works in the new Colony of British Columbia. [45] Powell River: English
List of rivers of Alberta; List of rivers of British Columbia; List of rivers of Manitoba; List of rivers of New Brunswick; List of rivers of Newfoundland and Labrador; List of rivers of the Northwest Territories; List of rivers of Nova Scotia; List of rivers of Nunavut; List of rivers of Ontario; List of rivers of Prince Edward Island; List of ...
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more