![[Thumbnail] North America, British Possessions. Published by V. H. Nelson, London. [1826]
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[Thumbnail] North America, British Possessions. Published by V. H. Nelson, London. [1826] On Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/bp_6506/
![[portion] North America, British Possessions. Published by V. H. Nelson, London. [1826]
Showing Edmonton House, both branches of the Saskatchewan River that empties in Lake Winnipeg.
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[portion] North America, British Possessions. Published by V. H. Nelson, London. [1826] Showing Edmonton House, both branches of the Saskatchewan River that empties in Lake Winnipeg. On Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/bp_6506/
![[portion] of Origins of Naming in Edmonton (City of Edmonton Archives) https://tinyurl.com/2p9n3uje
Before it was Edmonton
This place had names long before Europeans and other settlers arrived. People have lived in this area for thousands of years. The Cree called the area Beaver Hills (Amiskwaciy). The North Saskatchewan River was called Omaka-ty by the Blackfoot meaning Big River, and French maps from the 1790s called it Rivière Bourbon after the French royal family. We now call it the North Saskatchewan, based on the Cree word kis-is-ska-tche-wan meaning “swift current”. It was first documented as the Saskatchiwine River in 1793 by Alexander Mackenzie, and was an early example of how some names we use today are the result of misinterpretations or misunderstandings of Indigenous words. Other examples of this include Blackmud Creek (first noted in 1882) , which is a translation of the creek’s original Cree name kaskitewâw asiskîy, and Kinokamau Lake (first noted in 1895), which takes its name from the Cree word kinokamâw, meaning “long lake”.
Naming Edmonton 1795
Place names are a reflection of colonialism, and for evidence you need look no further than the name of this city. The name Edmonton was first given to Fort Edmonton, a Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) fur trading post on the North Saskatchewan River, in 1795. It was named after Edmonton, England, the birthplace of Sir James Winter Lake, who was at the meeting of the governors of the HBC when the fort was established. The fort was moved a number of times until finally, in 1830, it was built on the banks of the river where the south lawn of the Legislature sits today.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:q66r3vy7xepmx62ti4vt7uzb/bafkreicur2gez4lvoriu7y2rpjlnxafzbdumxclzwskkjr367u3rtz2s7u)
[portion] of Origins of Naming in Edmonton (City of Edmonton Archives) https://tinyurl.com/2p9n3uje Before it was Edmonton This place had names long before Europeans and other settlers arrived. People have lived in this area for thousands of years. The Cree called the area Beaver Hills (Amiskwaciy). The North Saskatchewan River was called Omaka-ty by the Blackfoot meaning Big River, and French maps from the 1790s called it Rivière Bourbon after the French royal family. We now call it the North Saskatchewan, based on the Cree word kis-is-ska-tche-wan meaning “swift current”. It was first documented as the Saskatchiwine River in 1793 by Alexander Mackenzie, and was an early example of how some names we use today are the result of misinterpretations or misunderstandings of Indigenous words. Other examples of this include Blackmud Creek (first noted in 1882) , which is a translation of the creek’s original Cree name kaskitewâw asiskîy, and Kinokamau Lake (first noted in 1895), which takes its name from the Cree word kinokamâw, meaning “long lake”. Naming Edmonton 1795 Place names are a reflection of colonialism, and for evidence you need look no further than the name of this city. The name Edmonton was first given to Fort Edmonton, a Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) fur trading post on the North Saskatchewan River, in 1795. It was named after Edmonton, England, the birthplace of Sir James Winter Lake, who was at the meeting of the governors of the HBC when the fort was established. The fort was moved a number of times until finally, in 1830, it was built on the banks of the river where the south lawn of the Legislature sits today.
For the 200th post from #WCWMC let’s #rotary dial it back two-hundred years [1825] or [73000 Days]
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