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Record 1 2014-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (Canada)
OBS

A watercourse in the county of Halifax, in Nova Scotia.

OBS

Coordinates: 44° 40' 34" N, 63° 36' 28" W (Nova Scotia).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (Canada)
OBS

Cours d’eau dans le comté d'Halifax, en Nouvelle-Écosse.

OBS

Coordonnées : 44° 40' 34" N, 63° 36' 28" O (Nouvelle-Écosse).

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Toponymy
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

Constricted section of water body.

CONT

Seymour Narrows, B.C.

CONT

Little Detroit, Ont.

CONT

Goose Gutter, N.S.

CONT

Whale's Mouth, Ont.

OBS

narrows: usually having strong tidal currents. Generic widely used.

OBS

detroit: rare; generic used in Ont.

OBS

gutter: rare; generic used in N.S.

OBS

mouth: rare; generic used in Nfld. and Ont.

OBS

narrows; detroit; gutter; mouth: terms and definition validated by the Geographical Names Board of Canada (GNBC) (formerly named the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names -- CPCGN) within the scope of its glossary (BT-176) which is the first authoritative publication on generics in use in Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Étroite nappe d'eau entre des terres, qui réunit deux grandes étendues d'eau.

CONT

Passage de Bougainville.

OBS

passage : dans la pratique, «passage» et «détroit» peuvent avoir été employés indifféremment l'un pour l'autre. Générique attesté au Qué.

OBS

passage : terme et définition uniformisés par la Commission de toponymie du Canada (CTC) (anciennement appelée le Comité permanent canadien des noms géographiques -- CPCNG) dans le cadre du glossaire (BT-176) faisant autorité sur la question des génériques en usage au Canada.

Key term(s)
  • détroit

Spanish

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Record 3 1991-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Toponymy
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

Constricted section of water body.

CONT

Peterson Narrows, Man.

OBS

Usually having strong tidal currents. Widely used.

OBS

narrows: term and definition validated by the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (CPCGN) within the scope of its glossary (BT-176) which is the first authoritative publication on generics in use in Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Passage naturel étroit dans un cours d'eau.

CONT

Défilé Woolsey, Québec.

OBS

Attesté au Québec.

OBS

défilé : terme et définition uniformisés par le Comité permanent canadien des noms géographiques (CPCNG) dans le cadre du glossaire BT-176 faisant autorité sur la question des génériques en usage au Canada.

Spanish

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