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Names wag the dog in numerous directions at Westminster show

Names wag the dog in numerous directions at Westminster show

Show dogs are canine aristocrats and they often have the names, titles and nicknames to match
PLACE NAMES: Obscure Arrow Lakes names

PLACE NAMES: Obscure Arrow Lakes names

Historic maps reveal some little-known places
PLACE NAMES: Indigenous names of West Kootenay

PLACE NAMES: Indigenous names of West Kootenay

Three hundred eighth in a series on West Kootenay/Boundary place names
PLACE NAMES: Laurier

PLACE NAMES: Laurier

A US border town was named after a Canadian prime minister
PLACE NAMES: McNeillie Siding

PLACE NAMES: McNeillie Siding

Two hundred sixtieth in a series on West Kootenay/Boundary place names
PLACE NAMES: Pend d’Oreille

PLACE NAMES: Pend d’Oreille

In Canada, it’s Pend d’Oreille or Pend-d’Oreille. In the US it’s Pend Oreille. But what does it mean?
PLACE NAMES: Greenwood neighbourhoods

PLACE NAMES: Greenwood neighbourhoods

At least eight early townsite additions expanded the city’s footprint
PLACE NAMES: Doukhobor place names of West Kootenay/Boundary

PLACE NAMES: Doukhobor place names of West Kootenay/Boundary

Only a handful of Doukhobor names remain in use, but they form a unique subset
PLACE NAMES: Oddball names of West Kootenay/Boundary

PLACE NAMES: Oddball names of West Kootenay/Boundary

Two of the 11 place names in BC that start with X are found in the Boundary
PLACE NAMES: Castlegar neighbourhoods

PLACE NAMES: Castlegar neighbourhoods

Castlegar’s downtown streets were originally named after minerals and trees