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Record 1 2023-03-13

English

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

A river in the municipalities of Saint Clair and Chatham-Kent in Southwestern Ontario.

OBS

Coordinates: 42° 28' 0" N, 82° 29' 0" W.

OBS

Chenail Ecarté (The Snye): name officially approved by the Ontario Geographic Names Board.

Key term(s)
  • Chenail Ecarté
  • The Snye

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (Canada)
OBS

Rivière située dans les municipalités de Saint Clair et de Chatham-Kent dans le sud-ouest de l'Ontario.

OBS

Coordonnées : 42° 28' 0" N, 82° 29' 0" O.

OBS

chenail Écarté (The Snye) : nom approuvé officiellement par la Commission de toponymie de l'Ontario.

Key term(s)
  • chenail Écarté
  • The Snye

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-04-03

English

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

Subsidiary channel to the main channel of a watercourse.

CONT

Back Snye, Ont.

CONT

Clarence Stream Runaround, N.B.

OBS

snye: usually a channel with less water than the main stream. Uncommon. Generic used in Ontario, Alberta and the Northwest Territories.

OBS

runaround: rare. Generic used in New Brunswick.

OBS

snye; runaround: 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
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Étendue d'eau étroite, profonde et allongée, secondaire ou tributaire d'un cours d'eau plus important.

CONT

Faux chenal Yamaska, Qc.

CONT

Chenail Écarté (The Snye), Ont.

OBS

faux chenal : générique attesté au Québec.

OBS

chenail : rare. Générique attesté en Ontario.

OBS

faux chenal; chenail : termes 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.

OBS

chenail : Ce terme s'ajoute à la liste officielle des nouveaux génériques uniformisés depuis la parution du BT-176 en 1987 et, est maintenant publié dans L'Actualité terminologique, Vol.32,2 - Supplément, 1999.

Spanish

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