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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 ...
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.
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.
Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution.In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North America—New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada (which upon Confederation was divided into Ontario and Quebec)—united to form a federation, becoming a fully ...
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".
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
Rivers on this list shown on a map of Canada The Mackenzie River is the longest stream in Canada if measured from its mouth on the Beaufort Sea to the headwaters of the Finlay River, a major upstream tributary. The main stem, a much shorter segment of the Mackenzie, is marked in dark blue.
Named after the nearby river, which in turn was named by Captain George Henry Richards for Samuel Campbell, the surgeon on board HMS Plumper. [15] Castlegar: Irish: Named after Castlegar Estate, near Ahascragh in County Galway, Ireland. [16] Chilliwack: Halq'eméylem: Anglicization of the Halq'eméylem word Tcil'Qe'uk, meaning "valley of many ...