Historical place names: a case study of three townships in the County of Peterborough

Abstract

This research project examines three study areas in the Peterborough County, Curve Lake First Nation, and two municipalities of North Kawartha and Galway-Harvey and Cavendish. The main focus of this project was to examine the names of water bodies and some land forms in the three study areas.

Item Description
Type
Genre
Contributors
Creator (cre): Leitch, Ellery
Creator (cre): Premkumar, Subitha
Creator (cre): Watt, Kathleen
Supporting host (sht): Kawartha Heritage Conservancy
Date Issued
2007
Date (Unspecified)
2007
Language
Table Of Contents

Abstract -- Introduction -- Literature review. 1. Introduction. 2. Background information. 3. Sense of place. 4. Brief history of the settlement of Kawartha Lakes and Peterborough County. 5. Aboriginal peoples role in place names. 6. How places are names. 7. Types of place name studies. 8. How to conduct place names research. 9. Trends in place name research. 10. Ontario place names studies. 11. Conclusion -- Methods -- Results. Curve Lake First Nation. North Kawartha. Cavendish, Galway-Harvey. Cumulative analysis -- Discussion. Individual trends. Cumulative trends -- Conclusion -- Appendix. Curve Lake First Nation. North Kawartha. Cavendish, Galway-Harvey.

Extent
ii, 78 p. : ill., col. maps, charts ; 29 cm.
Rights
Copyright is held by the author(s), with all rights reserved, unless otherwise noted.
Dewey Classification
910
Local Identifier
TCRC Project ID: 850
Note

By: Ellery Leitch, Subitha Premkumar & Kathleen Watt. --

Includes: bibliography and appendices.

Completed for: Leora Berman at the Kawartha Heritage Conservancy; Supervisor Alan Brunger, Trent University; Trent Centre for Community-Based Education.

Date of project submission: April 2008.

GEOG 470, Geography, Community-Based Research in Human Geography.