- Naming Amber Valley
- Naming Armena and Bardo
- Naming Athabasca
- Naming Banff
- Naming Bismark
- Naming Burdett
- Naming Fort Chipweyan
- Naming Fort Macleod
- Naming Grande Prairie
- Naming Lac Ste. Anne
- Naming Lacombe
- Naming Leduc
- Naming Markerville
- Naming Medicine Hat
- Naming Morinville
- Naming Morley
- Naming Oyen
- Naming Peace River
- Naming Pierre Au Calumet
- Naming Red Deer
- Naming Retlaw
- Naming St. Albert
- Naming Thorsby
- Naming Valhalla
- Naming Vegreville
The naming of Burdett
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Listen as historian Merrily Aubrey explains how the village of Burdett got its name. A feisty woman from England, Georgina Baroness Burdett Couttes, of the Narrow Gage Railway served as the inspiration for the name. Other names in southern Alberta thought to relate to the Baroness are also discussed.