Peace River

English

Etymology

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

the Peace River

  1. A river flowing NE in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada into the Slave River.
    Synonym: (historical) Unchagah
  2. A river in south-west Florida, United States, that flows into Charlotte Harbor.

Proper noun

Peace River

  1. A town in northwest Alberta, Canada.
    Synonym: (historical) Peace River Crossing
  2. A regional district in north-east British Columbia; in full, Peace River Regional District.

Translations

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.