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Related to Geographical Names (Toponymy)

• Canada
  
  
  • Alberta's Geographical Names - Alberta Community Development
  • Friends of Geographical Names of Alberta Society
  • Manitoba's Geographical Names - Manitoba Natural Resources
  • Nova Scotia's Geographical Names - Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations
  • NWT Geographic Names - names search by NWT Geographic Names Program
  • British Columbia's Geographical Names - Geographic Data BC
  • Commission de toponymie du Québec (French only)
  • Yukon Geographical Place Names Board
  • Yukon's geographical names - Tourism and Culture
  • Prince Edward Island's Place Finder
  • Geographical Names of PEI - cross index
  • INAC's First Nation Profiles - Reserves
  
  
• United States
  
  
  • GNIS - USGS National Mapping Program
    Geographic Names Information System
  • (Online Database Query)
  • TIGER Map Service - mapping engine and names search tool
  • National Imagery and Mapping Agency - GEOnet Names Server
  • Everton Publishers: Helping More People Find More Genealogy
  
  
• Around the World
  
  
  • United Nations - standardization of geographical names
  • Ordnance Survey - OS Gazetteer - place names in the UK
  • Multi Media Mapping - A complete interactive atlas of Great Britain on the Web!!
  • Topo/Hydro Information Services Group - Land Information New Zealand
  • Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia
  • CountryNames - provisional UN document (prepared in France)
  • Place Names Board of Estonia, Tallinn
  • Place Names Database of Estonia
  • Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN of the International Astronomical Union)
  • Doukhobor Placenames Database

Genealogy (Canada)

• Canadian Genealogy Centre
• Library and Archives Canada
• Canada GenWeb Project
• National Library
• Library Documents Unit - Queen's University
• Genealogy Resources Canada - University of Michigan
• British Columbia Archives and Records Service - includes a geographical names search which uses OUR GeoNames query tool (under Maps)

Names Studies

• Canadian Society for the Study of Names (CSSN)
• American Name Society (ANS)
• International Council of Onomastic Sciences (ICOS)

Miscellaneous Web Sites

• Earth Sciences Sector Service Standards
• Natural Resources Canada
• Geomatics Canada
• Toporama – Canadian NTS topographic maps online
• Purchasing Topographic Maps
• Atlas of Canada
• Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
• Parks Canada
• The Canadian Hydrographic Service
• Postal Code Lookup – Canada Post Corporation
• Stats Canada – source of Canadian census information
• Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing – Ontario Municipal Restructuring FlashNews
• Le Québec géographique – Information from the Quebec government (French only)
• Canada's SchoolNet
• Government of NWT
• Government of Nunavut
• Geographic Information Services – U.S. Department of Transportation
• MapBlast! – maps and driving directions
• MapQuest – consumer travel site
• Expedia Maps – Driving Directions
• TopoZone – The Web's Topographic Map (US only)
• ZIP Code Lookup and Address Information – US Postal Service