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Your chance to play detective The great frustration of TOPONYMY (the study of
place names) is that we will never have all the answers, it is simply impossible to be certain how
some names came into existence. But
that doesn’t stop those of us with an interest from keeping on digging. And, every once in a while, a new fact shows up that
clarifies things. The purpose of this part of the PEOPLE PLACES web site is to allow you to get involved. While I’ve done a lot of research, no one person can touch all the bases, so here’s your chance to pitch in. From time to time I’ll post mysteries to this page
– names for which I have never seen a derivation, or names with conflicting
derivations, or other puzzlers. Please
feel free to comment – I’ll be awarding kudos to successful detectives on
this page and, who knows, you may even get a mention in future editions of my
books.
Here are a couple of the perpetual mysteries:
WEYBURN - apparently associated with someone who helped build CPR's Soo Line, but I haven't been able to find out any more ALVENA - the PO originally opened in a Métis settlement along the South Saskatchewan River in 1887, so someone named Alvena was undoubtedly among the pioneers - but who? ERNFOLD - can't find a thing KEY - the founding chief of the Key First Nation was called le clef or "key", but why? GRANDORA - utterly mystifying MELAVAL - I can't buy the story in the local history, but can't come up with a better one either RAYMORE - no clue VIBANK - several theories (see my most recent book), but it would be nice to be sure
Any help you can provide on these or any other of our unsolved names would be much appreciated.
NAME GAMES
People like to play games with place names. Try and think of a Saskatchewan community whose
name is suggested by each of the following phrases. The answers are jumbled at the end, and
only a place names genius will get these without peeking at them – but try
OK?
Dingbat hill _______________ Hip crooner _______________
Our Father, --- in heaven _______________
Old folk's meadow _______________
Ghost lumber _______________
Whip scar _______________
Half pea, but ---- _______________
Smutty soil _______________
Sepia Robert E. _______________
Opulent hill
_______________
Young husbands for --- _______________
Smart weight
_______________
Beginning of the west _______________
Dirty black transmission _______________
South peace Chevy, but --- _______________
Religious overpass
_______________
Mr. Gibson's palisades? _______________
Repair some pork? _______________
Nat King's town
_______________
More sales, so ---
_______________ Brownlee, Churchbridge, Coleville, Colfax, Eastend, Eldersley, Holbein, Insinger, Lashburn, Lestock, Luseland, Melfort, Mendham, North Battleford, Nut Mountain, Old Wives, Richmound, Spiritwood, Wiseton, Wishart
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