PRESCRIBED LEARNING OUTCOMES
It is expected that students will
• demonstrate understanding of the ways in
which Aboriginal people interact with their
environment
SUGGESTED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
• Suggest that students each choose an Aboriginal
place name (e.g., Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump,
Skookumchuck—Chinook for strong water), locate it
on a map, and determine the geographical features
of the area. Have students research the histories of
the names and create stories based on their research.
Resources
Aboriginal Communities in Google Earth
How Aboriginal peoples survived within their demanding environments within the vastness and variety of Canada's climates, ecology, vegetation, fauna, and landforms:
- Western Cordillera
- Plateau
- Great (Interior) Plains
- Canadian Shield
- Sub-Arctic
- Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands
- Atlantic and Gulf Region
- Arctic
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- Kwak'wala names at the mouth of the Nimpish River
- Places around Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories
- Some names in Southern Alberta
- Among the many names in Saskatchewan
- Some names in Manitoba
- Some names in Ontario around Toronto
- Some names reclaimed in Quebec
- Some names reclaimed in Nunavut
- Some reclaimed names in Nunavik (Arctic Quebec) and Labrador
Interesting and curious generic terms used in Canada
Search by province: Alberta | British Columbia | Manitoba | New Brunswick | Newfoundland and Labrador | Northwest Territories | Nova Scotia | Nunavut | Ontario | Quebec | Prince Edward Island | Saskatchewan | Yukon
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Key in an Aboriginal name such as Coquitlam and you will get the following information:
| Coquitlam | Official Name | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Feature Type: | City | ||
| Latitude: | 49°17'00" | Position at: POPULATION CENTRE | |
| Longitude: | 122°45'00" | ||
| Gazetteer Map: | 92G/7 | ||
| Relative Location: | W of Pitt River on N side of Fraser River, New Westminster Land District | ||
| Mapsheet | |||
Related Mapsheets
92G/2 92G/7
Origin Notes and History
Coquitlam incorporated as a
District Municipality under Letters Patent 25 July 1891;
re-incorporated as a City Municipality by Order in Council 997/92, 18
June 1992, effective 1 December 1992. Link to the municipality's own
website through www.civicnet.gov.bc.ca/ (April 2000)
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
Coquitlam Post Office was opened 1 March 1881; renamed Port Coquitlam Post Office 1 July 1913.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
The name Coquitlam is of Indian origin and signifies a "small red salmon".
Source: Nelson, Denys; Place Names of the Delta of the Fraser River; 1927, unpublished manuscript held in the Provincial Archives
The
name Coquitlam is that of a Salish tribe in the [area] speaking the
Cowichan dialect. (17th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31
March 1922.)
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
