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Placename | Meaning | County or Region |
State/Province | Type | USGS Quad or NTS topo |
Latitude | Longitude | Comments |
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Big Mowich Mountain | mowich="deer" | Harney | OR | summit | Big Mowich Mountain | 43.952°N | 119.564°W | also indexed under "M" |
Big Mowich Reservoir | " | Grant | OR | reservoir | Suplee Butte | 44.224°N | 119.608°W | also indexed under "M" |
Boston Bar | "American" (as opposed to British which was "King George") | Fraser Canyon | BC | community & bar | 92H/14 | 49°51′58″N | 121°26′31″W | also Boston Bar Indian Reserves nos. 1A, 8, 9, 11. "Bar" means sandy riverbank. |
Boston Bar Creek | " | Coquihalla River, Canadian Cascades |
BC | stream | 92H/6 | 49°29′18″N | 121°12′41″W | |
Boston Bay | " | Comox Lake | BC | bay | 92H/6 | 49°38′0″N | 125°8′0″W | |
Boston Bluff | " | Klamath | OR | cliff | Devils Peak | 42.678°N | 122.226°W | |
Boston Brook | " | Shoshone | ID | stream | Steamboat Creek | 47.719°N | 116.209°W | |
Boston Canyon | " | Umatilla | OR | valley | Gibbon | 45.684°N | 118.362°W | |
Boston Creek | " | Comox Lake | BC | stream | 92H/6 | 49°38′10″N | 125°8′2″W | |
Boston Drain | " | Malheur | OR | canal | Vale West | 43.932°N | 117.319°W | |
Boston Flats | " | Cache Creek-Ashcroft junction | BC | locality & flat | 92I/14 | 50°45′57″N | 121°18′40″W | |
Boston Gulch | " | Boise | ID | valley | Placerville | 43.896°N | 115.902°W | |
Boston Harbor | " | Thurston | WA | bay | Squaxin Island | 47.142°N | 122.902°W | |
Boston Harbor | " | Thurston | WA | town/city | Squaxin Island | 47.139°N | 122.900°W | also Boston Harbor Elementary School |
Boston Hill | " | NE of Red Deer | AB | summit | 83A/6 | 52°28′00″N | 113°26′00″W | Alberta location code 29 and 30-40-24-W4; presumably of Chinook origin, but possibly not |
Boston Horse Camp | " | Malheur | OR | locale | Brogan | 44.128°N | 117.608°W | |
Boston Islands | " | Wales Island, Tongass Pass/Chatham Sound | BC | islands | 103J/10 | 54°42′0″N | 130°34′0″W | |
Boston Lake | " | N of Comox Lake | BC | islands | 92F/11 | 49°39′3″N | 125°12′44″W | source of Boston Creek |
Boston Mills (historical) | " | Linn | OR | locale | Halsey | 44.461°N | 123.081°W | |
Boston Mills Post Office (historical) | " | Linn | OR | locale | Halsey | 44.461°N | 123.081°W | |
Boston Mountain | " | Idaho | ID | summit | Boston Mountain | 45.646°N | 115.188°W | |
Boston Mountain Lake | " | Idaho | ID | lake | Boston Mountain | 45.642°N | 115.181°W | |
Boston Point | " | Cook Channel, Nootka Island, Nootka Sound | BC | cape | 92e/10 | 49°39′376″N | 126°36′53″W | |
Boston Point | " | Jefferson | WA | cape | Brinnon | 47.665°N | 122.903°W | |
Boston Ridge | " | N side Comox Lake | BC | ridge | 92F/11 | 49°38′18″N | 125°11′53″W | flanks Boston Creek |
Boston Sink | " | Crook | OR | flat | Hardin Ranch | 43.882°N | 119.926°W | |
Boston Tunnel | " | Grant | OR | mine | Granite | 44.864°N | 118.389°W |
Read more about this topic: List Of Chinook Jargon Placenames