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Victoriaville railway station in 1909 Cross on top of Mount Arthabaska remade in 1929. The Victoriaville area was known to the native Abenaki peoples as Arthabaska or Awabaska, meaning "place of bulrushes and reeds". The area was first claimed in 1802 by a fur trader named John Gregory; the first settlers began arriving several decades later ...
The economy of the MD of Opportunity No. 17 includes oil and gas production, forestry, as well as diamond exploration. The municipality also offers the lowest residential tax rate in the Province of Alberta as part of its efforts to attract and retain residents. [12]
Koori (also spelt koorie, goori or goorie) is a demonym for Aboriginal Australians from a region that approximately corresponds to southern New South Wales and Victoria. [citation needed] The word derives from the Indigenous language Awabakal. [2]
Wabasca (/ ˈ w ɑː b ə ˌ s k ɑː / WAH-bə-skah), also known as Wabasca-Desmarais, is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District (MD) of Opportunity No. 17. [2] It is located between and along the South and North Wabasca Lakes , at the intersection of Highway 813 and Highway 754 .
Sandy Lake, also known as Pelican Mountain, is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Opportunity No. 17. [2] It is located on Highway 813, between Calling Lake and Wabasca.
Wabasca is the name (coming from Cree wapuskau, "white rapid") for different places in northern Alberta: Wabasca, Alberta - a hamlet in Municipal District of Opportunity No. 17, Alberta Wabasca Airport - an airport serving the hamlet
The southern shore seen from Lac La Biche. The indigenous peoples of the area refer to the lake as Elk Lake (Cree: wâwâskesiwisâkahikan, [2] Chipewyan: tzalith tway). [3] ...
The Awabakal language was recorded by Lancelot Edward Threlkeld and Awabakal Leader Birabahn in 'An Australian grammar : comprehending the principles and natural rules of the language as spoken by the Aborigines in the vicinity of Hunter's River, Lake MacQuarie & New South Wales' -'and this is the first, and most comprehensive record of any indigenous language in Australia.