Recognizing Women with Canadian Place Names

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This interactive map is a collaborative project by Natural Resources Canada and the federal, provincial and territorial members of the Geographical Names Board of Canada. The map illustrates a sample of close to 500 places in Canada named for women from a range of backgrounds who have been remembered for many different reasons. Each point on the map is categorized by a theme, and contains a short description of the person behind that place name. The descriptions reveal that information about these women and the places named for them varies widely; some are well-known and well-documented figures, while little is known about others.

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Story Map: Recognizing Women with Canadian Place Names HTML https://cartes.canada.ca/stories/storymap-fr.html?lang=fr&appid=70ce2c4fc2874faebf287104ac75ca5c&appidalt=509dfacabe934b448dd5db9f17ed0dbb
Text dataset of the Women's Placenames map (comma-separated values) CSV https://ftp.maps.canada.ca/pub/nrcan_rncan/Toponymy_Toponymie/womens_placenames_toponymes_feminins/womens_placenames_toponymes_feminins.csv
Story Map: Recognizing Women with Canadian Place Names HTML https://maps.canada.ca/stories/storymap-en.html?lang=en&appid=509dfacabe934b448dd5db9f17ed0dbb&appidalt=70ce2c4fc2874faebf287104ac75ca5c
Recognizing Women with Canadian Place Names Ersi REST https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server_serveur/rest/services/NRCan/womens_placenames_en/MapServer/0
Recognizing Women with Canadian Place Names Ersi REST https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server_serveur/rest/services/NRCan/womens_placenames_fr/MapServer/0
Recognizing Women with Canadian Place Names WMS https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server_serveur/services/NRCan/womens_placenames_en/MapServer/WMSServer?SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.3.0&REQUEST=GetCapabilities
Recognizing Women with Canadian Place Names WMS https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server_serveur/services/NRCan/womens_placenames_fr/MapServer/WMSServer?SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.3.0&REQUEST=GetCapabilities

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