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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Place names in the Kitchener-Stratford area as indicators of national origin
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An article criticizing McKay's attempt to interpret place names in terms of the ethnicity of settlers in the area depicted on the Kitchener 1:250,000 topographic map which includes all of Waterloo ...Year of publication: 1968Historical Period: 1800-1900Export options:The rural-urban fringe with comparative reference to London, Kitchener-Waterloo and Sarnia
Type: ThesisAbstract: An analysis of the relationship between the rural-urban fringe and the factors of physiography and soils, city site, situation and shape, and location of industrial areas. The author discusses ...Keywords: UrbanizationLandscape RuralZoningLand developmentLand useRural-urban fringeLandscape UrbanEnvironment PhysicalFarmersPopulationYear of publication: 1961Historical Period: c1930-1961Export options:Urban fringe and urban shadow in the Waterloo-southeast Wellington County area land space matrix
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A study of the impact of rapid urbanization in the region between 1941 and 1966, based on factor analysis of data variables from township assessment rolls. Urban fringe variables measure more ...Keywords: Census recordsYear of publication: 1971Historical Period: 1941-1966Export options:When names become politically incorrect
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Many place names in Canada were changed after Canadians fought wars against countries from which those names originated or when foreign heroes were subsequently deemed monstrous. Of the approximately ...Year of publication: 1993Export options: