Comments on: Vancouver History: The Name Game http://www.miss604.com/2008/09/vancouver-history-the-name-game.html Vancouver Blog Miss604 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:24:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Metro Vancouver Park Series: Cates Park » Vancouver Blog Miss 604 by Rebecca Bollwitt http://www.miss604.com/2008/09/vancouver-history-the-name-game.html#comment-8904 Metro Vancouver Park Series: Cates Park » Vancouver Blog Miss 604 by Rebecca Bollwitt Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:13:02 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/?p=3875#comment-8904 [...] location including signs of the old Dollarton Mill burner (read a little bit about ‘Cates‘ in one of my previous local history posts). Source: [...] [...] location including signs of the old Dollarton Mill burner (read a little bit about ‘Cates‘ in one of my previous local history posts). Source: [...]

]]> By: String http://www.miss604.com/2008/09/vancouver-history-the-name-game.html#comment-8903 String Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:34:03 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/?p=3875#comment-8903 I have wondered about Seymour. It is my family name and we also call ourselves "seemer". I am English and know a bit about the history there but nothing for here. I think there was a side of the family that travelled as the same name has turned up in Hong Kong! I have wondered about Seymour. It is my family name and we also call ourselves “seemer”. I am English and know a bit about the history there but nothing for here. I think there was a side of the family that travelled as the same name has turned up in Hong Kong!

]]> By: fotoeins http://www.miss604.com/2008/09/vancouver-history-the-name-game.html#comment-8902 fotoeins Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:50:42 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/?p=3875#comment-8902 Thanks, B. I love reading these segments ... I didn't know about Seymour being pronounced as "seemer". @raul, given my trip home last year which included a visit to Cleveland Dam for the first time in decades, "Capilano" now resonates to both the suspension bridge as well as the watershed ... Thanks, B. I love reading these segments …

I didn’t know about Seymour being pronounced as “seemer”.

@raul, given my trip home last year which included a visit to Cleveland Dam for the first time in decades, “Capilano” now resonates to both the suspension bridge as well as the watershed …

]]> By: Beth http://www.miss604.com/2008/09/vancouver-history-the-name-game.html#comment-8901 Beth Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:52:03 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/?p=3875#comment-8901 This is neat. As I've been reading about the <a href="http://drbethsnow.wordpress.com/wp-admin/page.php?action=edit&post=1229" rel="nofollow">premiers of BC</a>, I've noticed a lot of names I recognized from streets & bridges: Robson, Dunsmuir, Smithe, Davie, Pattullo - all Premiers! This is neat. As I’ve been reading about the premiers of BC, I’ve noticed a lot of names I recognized from streets & bridges: Robson, Dunsmuir, Smithe, Davie, Pattullo – all Premiers!

]]> By: Raul http://www.miss604.com/2008/09/vancouver-history-the-name-game.html#comment-8900 Raul Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:17:20 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/?p=3875#comment-8900 As a water guy, every time I hear Seymour I think the Seymour watershed (which I think feeds into Vancouver's municipal system) :) As a water guy, every time I hear Seymour I think the Seymour watershed (which I think feeds into Vancouver’s municipal system) :)

]]> By: Michael Allison http://www.miss604.com/2008/09/vancouver-history-the-name-game.html#comment-8899 Michael Allison Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:03:23 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/?p=3875#comment-8899 This is great. Having just moved to Vancouver, I've been wondering what is named after whom. This is great. Having just moved to Vancouver, I’ve been wondering what is named after whom.

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