Dewdney

Dewdney

Dewdney may refer to:

  • Dewdney, British Columbia, an unincorporated community, formerly a district municipality, in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia
  • Dewdney (electoral district), a former electoral district in British Columbia, Canada
  • Dewdney-Alouette Regional District, a former regional district in British Columbia, Canada
  • Regina Dewdney, a federal electoral district in Regina, Saskatachewan, Canada.
  • The Dewdney Trail, an important colonial-era route across southern British Columbia from Hope in the Fraser Valley to Wild Horse Creek in the East Kootenay.
  • The Dewdney Trunk Road, one of the earliest main roads in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia and today a series of arterial routes between Port Moody and Mission

People with the surname Dewdney:

  • Alexander Dewdney (born 1941), Canadian mathematician, computer scientist and philosopher
  • Christopher Dewdney (born 1951), Canadian poet
  • Edgar Dewdney (1835–1916), Canadian surveyor, engineer, politician, and provincial Lieutenant-Governor
  • Selwyn Dewdney (1909–1979), Canadian author, illustrator and artist, father of Alexander and Christopher
  • Tom Dewdney (born 1933), West Indian cricketer

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  • Dewdney, British Columbia — Dewdney   Unincorporated community   Coordinates …   Wikipedia

  • Dewdney (electoral district) — Dewdney was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Its predecessor was the riding of Westminster Dewdney, which was created for the 1894 election from a partition of the Westminster riding, which was a rural …   Wikipedia

  • Dewdney Peak — Dewdney Peak …   Wikipedia

  • Dewdney Trail — Trails, Roads and Water Routes in Colonial British Columbia. The Dewdney Trail was the dotted line across the south of the colony. The Dewdney Trail is a 720 km (450 mi) trail in British Columbia, Canada that served as a major… …   Wikipedia

  • Dewdney Trunk Road — The Dewdney Trunk Road was one of the earliest major roads in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia, Canada, originally running from Port Moody to its original destination at Dewdney, just east of Mission. It exists in three sections today: an… …   Wikipedia

  • Dewdney-Alouette Regional District — The Dewdney Alouette Regional District was a regional district in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada, comprising the district municipalities of Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge and Mission and uncincorporated areas east to the Harrison River …   Wikipedia

  • Dewdney—Alouette — Pitt Meadows Maple Ridge Mission Pitt Meadows Maple Ridge Mission (initialement connue sous le nom de Dewdney Alouette) est une circonscription électorale fédérale canadienne de la Colombie Britannique. Circonscription fédérale La circonscription …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Dewdney\ Trunk\ Road — Used in conversatation with someone who knows the Vancouver Lower Mainland. An expression of cool, wow, awesome or apocalyptic. Sometimes this describes an outdoor drinking binge. Whoa! Dewdney Trunk Road. Oh, man, I got a headache we did 3 days… …   Dictionary of american slang

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