The Naming of Kazan River, Nunavut, Canada

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Sikstrom, C.B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2012
• Subjects: Kazan; Kasba; Île-à-la-Crosse; Brochet; Tyrrell; Manitoba; Nunavut; Saskatchewan; Quebec; Oblates of Mary Immaculate; Canada; Russia; Québec; Oblats de Marie Immaculée; Russie; Blanche; La Cathédrale; Arctic; Chipewyan; Kazan River
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67288

The Kazan River in Nunavut was designated as a Canadian National Heritage river in 1990, but the reasons for its naming and the meaning of its name are unclear. The Canadian Geographical Names Data Base gives a different definition for another Kazan River and lake located near Île-à-la-Crosse, Saska...