What's a gazetteer?
A gazetteer is an index or list of place names which includes geographic coordinates of the place. Descriptive gazetteers may contain information about the places they contain, including former names, population data, images, and historical information.
Gazeteers can be found by searching the library catalogue.
Online Gazetteer
- Canadian GazetteerQuery the Canadian Geographical Names Data Base (CGNDB) using the name of a city, town, lake or any other geographical feature. You can narrow your search by specifying the type of feature you are searching for and the Province or Territory where the toponym is located.
