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Medicine Hat

Written by . Posted on January 30, 2010. Filed under Cities & Towns, Places. Tagged , , , , , , . No comments.

Finding out the origins of the name Moose Jaw yesterday I started to wonder about the other prairie city with a funny name, Medicine Hat, Alberta so I looked it up. The name Medicine Hat is an English translation of the Blackfoot word “Saamis.” A … Read More →

Moose Jaw

Written by . Posted on January 29, 2010. Filed under Cities & Towns, Places. Tagged , , , , , , , , , . No comments.

I’ve driven through Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, several times, and I have even stopped for gas a few times. I always thought that the name Moose Jaw came from the jaw of a moose found there or something along those lines. Boy was I wrong. The … Read More →