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Place Names - Alberta
Gazetteers are an excellent source for place names. A gazetteer is something like a land dictionary, it describes places and place names along with showing locations on a map. You can find gazetteers in our print collection under the call number 917.11 or 917.15
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Gazetteer of Canada: Alberta.Ottawa : Published for the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names by the Geographical Services Division, Canada Centre for Mapping 1988 Library call number: 917.123 Gaz 1988
Karamitsanis, Aphrodite. Place Names of Alberta. Library call number: 917.123 PLA
Robinson, William G., ed. A Checklist of Alberta Post Offices. Library call number: 383.42097123 ROB 1998