Peace River
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A reference to the truce by the Cree and the Dane-zaa (Beaver) peoples that made the river (then named Unchagah) the boundary between the conflicting First Nations.
The town is originally named Peace River Crossing, after the river.
Proper noun
[edit]- A river flowing NE in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada into the Slave River.
- Synonym: (historical) Unchagah
- A river in south-west Florida, United States, that flows into Charlotte Harbor.
Proper noun
[edit]- A town in northwest Alberta, Canada.
- Synonym: (historical) Peace River Crossing
- A regional district in north-east British Columbia; in full, Peace River Regional District.
Translations
[edit]river in Canada
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Further reading
[edit]
Peace River on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Peace River, Alberta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Peace River (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English multiword terms
- en:Rivers in British Columbia, Canada
- en:Rivers in Canada
- en:Rivers in Alberta, Canada
- en:Places in British Columbia, Canada
- en:Places in Canada
- en:Places in Alberta, Canada
- en:Rivers in Florida, USA
- en:Rivers in the United States
- en:Places in Florida, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Towns in Alberta, Canada
- en:Towns in Canada
- en:Districts of Canada