Alberta (W3)

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The province was named for Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, daughter of Queen Victoria.
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Conklin (W3)

The community was named for John Conklin, railway official.
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Dunvegan (W3)

1960 Dunvegan Dunvegan, Alberta, Canada Peace River

Peace River - Dunvegan, Alberta, Canada

Dunvegan, Alberta, Canada (Peace River)

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"Fort Dunvegan" was established in 1805 by North West Company fur trader Archibald Norman McLeod, who named it after "Dunvegan Castle" in Scotland.
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epodunk - Community-Profiles (CA, AB)

COMMUNITIES LIST - Alberta
(2008-02-24) Our listings for Alberta include the following communities:

• Abee
• Acadia Valley
• Acme (village)
• Adams Landing
• Airdrie (city)
• Alberta Beach (village)
• Albright
• Alderson
• Alexo
• Alix (village)
• Alliance (village)
• Alpen
• Alpen Siding
• Amber Valley
• Amesbury
• Amisk (village)
• Andrew (village)
• Ardmore
• Ardrossan
• Argentia Beach (village)
• Arrowwood (village)
• Ashmont
• Athabasca (town)
• Atikameg
• Atlee
• Atmore
• Avenir
• Balzac
• Banff (town)
• Barich
• Barnwell (village)
• Barons (village)
• Barrhead (town)
• Bashaw (town)
• Bassano (town)
• Bawlf (village)
• Beacon Corner
• Beaumont (town)
• Beaver Crossing
• Beaver Lake
• Beaver River
• Beaverdam
• Beaverlodge (town)
• Beiseker (village)
• Bellevue
• Bellis
• Belloy
• Benalto
• Bentley (town)
• Benton Station
• Bergen
• Berwyn (village)
• Betula Beach (village)
• Beverly
• Bickerdike
• Big Meadow
• Big Valley (village)
• Bilby
• Bindloss
• Birch Cove (village)
• Birchcliff (village)
• Bittern Lake (village)
• Bitumount
• Black Diamond (town)
• Blackfalds (town)
• Blackie
• Blairmore
• Blue Ridge
• Bluesky
• Bluffton
• Bodo
• Bon Accord (town)
• Bondiss (village)
• Bonnyville (town)
• Bonnyville Beach (village)
• Boscombe
• Botha (village)
• Bow Island (town)
• Bowden (town)
• Bowness
• Boyle (village)
• Bragg Creek
• Brazeau
• Breton (village)
• Bretona
• Breynat
• Britannia
• Brocket
• Brooks (town)
• Brownvale
• Bruce
• Bruderheim (town)
• Buffalo
• Buffalo Lake
• Burnside
• Burnstick Lake (village)
• Busby
• Calgary (city)
• Calling Lake
• Calling River
• Calmar (town)
• Camrose (city)
• Canmore (town)
• Carbon (village)
• Carbondale
• Cardston (town)
• Carmangay (village)
• Caroline (village)
• Carseland
• Carstairs (town)
• Carway
• Caslan
• Cassils
• Castle Island (village)
• Castle Junction
• Castor (town)
• Cavendish
• Cayley
• Cereal (village)
• Champion (village)
• Chard
• Chauvin (village)
• Cheadle
• Cherhill
• Chestermere (town)
• Chin
• Chinook Valley
• Chip Lake
• Chipman (village)
• Clairmont
• Clandonald
• Claresholm (town)
• Clear Hills
• Clear Prairie
• Clive (village)
• Clyde (village)
• Coaldale (town)
• Coalhurst (town)
• Coalspur
• Cochrane (town)
• Cold Lake (city)
• Compeer
• Consort (village)
• Coronation (town)
• Coutts (village)
• Cowley (village)
• Craigend
• Craigmyle
• Cremona (village)
• Crossfield (town)
• Crowfoot
• Crowsnest Pass (town)
• Crystal Springs (village)
• Culp
• Czar (village)
• Dapp
• Daysland (town)
• Delburne (village)
• Delia (village)
• Delph
• Demmitt
• Derwent (village)
• Devenish
• Devon (town)
• Dewberry (village)
• Dickson
• Didsbury (town)
• Dina
• Dixonville
• Dogpound
• Donalda (village)
• Donatville
• Donnelly (village)
• Dorothy
• Drayton Valley (town)
• Driftpile
• Drumheller (town)
• Duchess (village)
• Duffield
• Durlingville
• Duvernay
• Eagle Hill
• Eaglesham
• East Coulee
• Eckville (town)
• Edberg (village)
• Edgerton (village)
• Edmonton (city)
• Edson (town)
• Edwand
• Egremont
• Elk Point (town)
• Ellscott
• Elnora (village)
• Embarras Portage
• Empress (village)
• Enchant
• Endiang
• Enilda
• Ensign
• Entrance
• Entwistle (village)
• Erith
• Esther
• Etzikom
• Evansburg
• Excel
• Fairview (town)
• Falher (town)
• Faust
• Fenn
• Ferintosh (village)
• Ferrier
• Finnegan
• Flatbush
• Fleet
• Foothills
• Foremost (village)
• Forestburg (village)
• Fort Assiniboine
• Fort Chipewyan
• Fort Kent
• Fort MacKay
• Fort Macleod (town)
• Fort McMurray
• Fort Saskatchewan (city)
• Fort Vermilion
• Fox Creek (town)
• Frains
• Franchere
• Freedom
• Fresnoy
• Gadsby (village)
• Gage
• Galahad (village)
• Garth
• Geikie
• Gem
• Ghost Lake (village)
• Gibbons (town)
• Girouxville (village)
• Gleichen
• Glendon (village)
• Glenwood (village)
• Gold Bar
• Golden Days (village)
• Goodfish Lake
• Goodridge
• Grainger
• Grande Cache (town)
• Grande Prairie (city)
• Grandview (village)
• Granum (town)
• Grassland
• Grassy Lake
• Green Court
• Grimshaw (town)
• Grouard
• Gull Lake (village)
• Gurneyville
• Hackett
• Half Moon Bay (village)
• Halkirk (village)
• Hanna (town)
• Happy Hollow
• Hardisty (town)
• Harmon Valley
• Hartell
• Hay Lakes (village)
• Hayter
• Heinsburg
• Heisler (village)
• Helina
• Hemaruka
• Hesketh
• High Level (town)
• High Prairie (town)
• High River (town)
• Highridge
• Hill Spring (village)
• Hines Creek (village)
• Hinton (town)
• Hoadley
• Holden (village)
• Hollow Lake
• Holyoke
• Hondo
• Horburg
• Horseshoe Bay (village)
• Hoselaw
• Hotchkiss
• Hughenden (village)
• Hussar (village)
• Hylo
• Hythe (village)
• Iddesleigh
• Imperial Mills
• Innisfail (town)
• Innisfree (village)
• Irma (village)
• Iron River
• Irricana (village)
• Island Lake (village)
• Island Lake South (village)
• Itaska Beach (village)
• Jarvie
• Jarvis Bay (village)
• Jasper
• Jenner
• Joffre
• Josephburg
• Joussard
• Judah
• Kahwin
• Kananaskis
• Kapasiwin (village)
• Kathleen
• Kavanagh
• Keoma
• Kikino
• Killam (town)
• Kingman
• Kinuso (village)
• Kirriemuir
• Kitscoty (village)
• Krakow
• La Corey
• La Crete
• Lac La Biche (town)
• Lacombe (town)
• Lake Louise
• Lakeview (village)
• Lamont (town)
• Lancaster Park
• Larkspur (village)
• Last Lake
• Lavoy (village)
• Leduc (city)
• Legal (town)
• Leismer
• Leslieville
• Lessard
• Lethbridge (city)
• Leyland
• Lindbergh
• Linden (village)
• Little Red River
• Lloydminster (city)
• Lodge
• Lomond (village)
• Longview (village)
• Looma
• Lougheed (village)
• Lousana
• Lovettville
• Luscar
• Lymburn
• Ma-Me-O Beach (village)
• MacKay
• Magrath (town)
• Majorville
• Mallaig
• Manning (town)
• Mannville (village)
• Manola
• Manyberries
• Marina
• Markerville
• Marlboro
• Marwayne (village)
• Mayerthorpe (town)
• McLennan (town)
• McRae
• Meanook
• Medicine Lodge
• Medley
• Mercoal
• Mewatha Beach (village)
• Michichi
• Milk River (town)
• Millarville
• Millet (town)
• Milo (village)
• Minburn (village)
• Mirror (village)
• Monarch
• Monitor
• Montgomery
• Morinville (town)
• Morrin (village)
• Mossleigh
• Mountain Park
• Mundare (town)
• Munson (village)
• Muriel Lake
• Myrnam (village)
• Naco
• Nakamun Park (village)
• Namao
• Nampa (village)
• Nanton (town)
• New Dayton
• New Norway (village)
• New Sarepta (village)
• Newbrook
• Nightingale
• Nisku
• Nobleford (village)
• Noral
• Norglenwold (village)
• Normandeau
• Normandville
• Norris Beach (village)
• North Cooking Lake
• North Vermilion Settlement
• Northbank
• Notikewin
• Obed
• Okotoks (town)
• Olds (town)
• Onefour
• Onoway (village)
• Owl River
• Owlseye
• Oyen (town)
• Pakan
• Paradise Valley (village)
• Parkland Beach (village)
• Patricia
• Peace River (town)
• Peers
• Pelican Narrows (village)
• Pelican Portage
• Penhold (town)
• Perryvale
• Philomena
• Pibroch
• Picture Butte (town)
• Pincher Creek (town)
• Plamondon
• Pocahontas
• Point Alison (village)
• Pollockville
• Ponoka (town)
• Poplar Bay (village)
• Provost (town)
• Purple Springs
• Rainbow Lake (town)
• Raley
• Ranfurly
• Raymond (town)
• Red Deer (city)
• Red Willow
• Redcliff (town)
• Redwater (town)
• Redwood Meadows
• Retlaw
• Rich Lake
• Rife
• Rimbey (town)
• Rochfort Bridge
• Rochon Sands (village)
• Rocky Mountain House (town)
• Rockyford (village)
• Roma
• Rose Lynn
• Rosebud
• Rosemary (village)
• Rosevear
• Ross Haven (village)
• Rosyth
• Royce
• Rumsey
• Rycroft (village)
• Ryley (village)
• Sandy Beach (village)
• Sangudo (village)
• Scandia
• Scapa
• Schuler
• Scotswood
• Seba Beach (village)
• Sedalia
• Sedgewick (town)
• Seebe
• Seven Persons
• Sexsmith (town)
• Sheerness
• Shepard
• Sherwood Park
• Silver Beach (village)
• Silver Sands (village)
• Skiff
• Slave Lake (town)
• Smoky Lake (town)
• South Baptiste (village)
• South View (village)
• Spedden
• Spirit River (town)
• Spondin
• Spring Lake (village)
• Springburn
• Spruce Grove (city)
• Spruce Valley
• Sprucefield
• Spurfield
• St. Albert (city)
• St. Isidore
• St. Lina
• St. Paul (town)
• Standard (village)
• Stanmore
• Stavely (town)
• Stettler (town)
• Stirling (village)
• Stony Plain (town)
• Strathmore (town)
• Strome (village)
• Stry
• Suffield
• Sugden
• Sunbreaker Cove (village)
• Sundance Beach (village)
• Sundre (town)
• Sunnynook
• Sunnyslope
• Sunrise Beach (village)
• Sunset Beach (village)
• Sunset Point (village)
• Swan Hills (town)
• Sylvan Lake (town)
• Taber (town)
• Tangent
• Tawatinaw
• Therien
• Thorhild (village)
• Thorsby (village)
• Three Creeks
• Three Hills (town)
• Tilley (village)
• Tofield (town)
• Torrington
• Trochu (town)
• Turner Valley (town)
• Two Hills (town)
• Val Quentin (village)
• Valleyview (town)
• Vanrena
• Vauxhall (town)
• Vegreville (town)
• Venice
• Vermilion (town)
• Vermilion Chutes
• Veteran (village)
• Viking (town)
• Vilna (village)
• Vimy
• Wabamun (village)
• Wagner
• Wainwright (town)
• Waiparous (village)
• Wandering River
• Warburg (village)
• Wardlow
• Warner (village)
• Warspite
• Waskatenau (village)
• Waterton Park
• Watino
• Waugh
• Weasel Creek
• Weberville
• Wembley (town)
• Wesley Creek
• West Baptiste (village)
• West Cove (village)
• Westlock (town)
• Wetaskiwin (city)
• Whispering Hills (village)
• White Sands (village)
• Whitecourt (town)
• Whitelaw
• Whitla
• Wildwood
• Willingdon (village)
• Wimborne
• Woking
• Wood Buffalo
• Worsley
• Wrentham
• Yellowstone (village)
• Youngstown (village)

Hobbema (W3)

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The community was named for Meyndert Hobbema, painter.
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Hobbema, Meindert

Lac La Nonne - Rose

Lac La Nonne (Hybrid Rugosa, Bugnet, 1950)

Lac la Nonne is a lake in central Alberta, Canada. It is located between Lac Ste. Anne County and Barrhead County, 85 km north-west from Edmonton, east of the Grizzly Trail.

The lake is controlled by a dam, and drains through MacDonald Creek into the Pembina River.
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Medicine Hat (city) (W3)

La ville canadienne de Medicine Hat est surnommée par ses habitants "le chapeau" en raison de son amusant toponyme. Nommée ainsi car un sorcier indien y aurait perdu sa coiffe de plumes ("medicine hat" en anglais), elle a longtemps eu pour surnom "la ville du gaz" car son économie tournait autour de l'exploitation d'une poche de gaz naturel. Aujourd'hui, elle est célčbre pour posséder le plus grand Tee Pee du monde, accueille un festival de jazz annuel, un immense centre de loisir et organise de nombreux événements réguliers.
© Julian Makos / Flickr

Rosalind (village) (W3)

"Rosalind" is a village in the province of Alberta.

The community was named for two school districts - "Montrose" and "East Lynne".
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As the Wheels Turn : a history of Rosalind, Kelsey and districts

Rosalind and District History Book Committee.
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The name "Rosalind" first appeared in the records in 1905, ...
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Rosalind, Alberta

Rosalind is a village located in the prairies of central Alberta, Canada. It is located on Highway 854, approximately 120 kilometres (75 mi) southeast of Edmonton and 30 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of Camrose, the closest major trading centre.

The name "Rosalind" was first used in 1905 and is likely an amalgamation of the nearby school districts "Montrose" and "East Lynne".

Rosalind has a number of small businesses, an elementary school, and a junior high school. The village provides various municipal services to its residents including fire protection.
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The Canadian province of Alberta has 365 school authorities, which are sometimes referred to as school boards, school districts or school divisions. Types include public school, separate school and francophone school authorities. There are also charter schools and private schools that act as their own authorities, as well as schools under the authority of early childhood services (ECS) private operators and Federal Indian Affairs.[1] Alberta's school authorities report to Alberta Education.
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Uni Laval
L'aménagement linguistique dans Alberta
Langues dans Alberta

(anglais) = CND

Vulcan (town) (W3)

Did you know that the famous Vulcan salute was invented by Leonard Nimoy and based on a priestly blessing performed by Jewish Kohanim?
Hit the jump for a bunch of other interesting facts.

A l'origine, la ville de Vulcan, dans l'Alberta au Canada, a été nommée ainsi en hommage au dieu romain Vulcain. Or, il se trouve que quelques années plus tard, la série Star trek a transformé radicalement la connotation de ce nom : la plančte Vulcan est en effet le lieu de naissance du fameux Spock. Rapidement, les habitants de la ville ont pressenti le succčs touristique et ont construit des attractions touristiques Star Trek. Ils organisent fréquemment des événements et conventions qui attirent des fans mais aussi de simples curieux.
© Kipling Wes / Flickr

Sanders, Harry M. (Author)
Story Behind Alberta Names
How Cities, Towns, Villages, and Hamlets got their Names

Book Description

For Albertans - and for that matter, all Canadians - the name of this western province is inseparable from the maverick attitude it connotes. Alberta conjures images of honest, backbreaking work, free from the restraints of propriety and status found in older settled lands. As with the province, the names of its cities and towns, villages and hamlets reveal attitudes, values, history and geographical connections.

Focusing not just on basic facts, The Story Behind Alberta Names fleshes out the personalities, using humorous anecdotes, the context of people's lives and careers, and the relationship between individuals and the places named for them.