Edgar Dewdney, PC (November 5, 1835 – August 8, 1916) was a Canadian surveyor, road builder, Indian commissioner and politician born in Devonshire, England...
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rather than for Edgar Dewdney. Deroche, British Columbia Durieu, British Columbia BC Names listing "Dewdney (community)" ""Dewdney Community", HeritagePlaces...
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The Dewdney Trail is a 720 km (450 mi) trail in British Columbia, Canada that served as a major thoroughfare in mid-19th century British Columbia. The...
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philosopher Anna Dewdney (1965–2016), American author and illustrator of children's books Christopher Dewdney (born 1951), Canadian poet Edgar Dewdney (1835–1916)...
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mid-19th-century gold rush trail originally traced out by an engineer named Edgar Dewdney. It takes its name from the Crowsnest Pass, the location at which the...
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Okotoks (redirect from Dewdney, Alberta)
community name had changed three times, first from Sheep Creek, to Dewdney after Edgar Dewdney the Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories, and later...
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Archived from the original on June 13, 2021. Retrieved May 5, 2017. McInnis, Edgar (1982). Canada: A political and social history. Holt. pp. 342–431. ISBN 978-0-0392-3177-4...
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Lieutenant-Governor Edgar Dewdney had established the site of his considerable landholdings as the Territorial Capital. 1899 to 1919 Washington Park and 3431 Dewdney Ave...
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D. Moulton, and Captain John Stewart. The civic committee met with Edgar Dewdney, Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories, who happened to...
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of the province. Its location was chosen by Edgar Dewdney, the territorial lieutenant-governor. Dewdney had reserved for himself substantial land adjacent...
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