Vol. 38 No. 3 (1990)
Research Article

The Roots and Development of the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names

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  • Helen Kerfoot,
  • Alan Rayburn
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1179/nam.1990.38.3.183

Published 1990-09-01

Copyright (c) 1990 Maney

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Abstract

Abstract

The Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names traces its roots to a recommendation of land surveyors in 1888 and action by the federal government in 1897 to create the Geographic Board of Canada. Advisory committees have assisted the CPCGN with principles and procedures, undersea feature naming, alpine nomenclature, and toponymic research. The Committee has convened workshops on gazetteer production, language issues, data automation, and native names. It will continue to pursue field collection of toponyms and development of principles for standardizing toponyms and linking automated toponymic data bases

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