Peace River
English
editEtymology
editA reference to the truce by the Cree and the Dane-zaa (Beaver) peoples that made the river (then named Unchagah) the boundary between the conflicting First Nations.
The town is originally named Peace River Crossing, after the river.
Proper noun
edit- A river flowing NE in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada into the Slave River
- Synonym: (historical) Unchagah
- A town in northwest Alberta, Canada
- Synonym: (historical) Peace River Crossing
- Peace River Regional District, a regional district in north-east British Columbia.
Translations
editriver in Canada
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Further reading
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Peace River on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Peace River, Alberta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Peace River (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English multiword terms
- en:Rivers in British Columbia, Canada
- en:Rivers in Canada
- en:Rivers in Alberta, Canada
- en:Places in British Columbia, Canada
- en:Places in Canada
- en:Places in Alberta, Canada
- en:Towns in Alberta, Canada
- en:Towns in Canada
- en:Districts of Canada