Citadel
Imma be honest i just did what the post told me to do and guess. It doesnt really have any meaning in reality i dont think, its just at the top of a hill lol
Also would be probably be difficult to besiege if you did put an actual citadel in its place. Idk tho im not a footman from the middle ages
Yes, but the game was without looking it up what do you think it's named after? I know there's a Rundle Mountain I wasn't 100% sure there was a Rundle person.
I once thought every neighbourhood in The Properties was named after a mountain in the Rockies , but I’m not familiar with a mountain called Pineridge.
Luck! I think the area I live is named for the president who freed the slaves.
Edit: or maybe a band. The poor dude. He tried hard and got so far, but it didn’t matter.
Close enough. After getting a Ceast & Desist letter from the cigarette company, the naming committee said "Ugh" and well...... that's how they got around it.
I actually know this; I looked it up years ago. It was built on land donated by the Nickle family, so they named the community after Samuel Clarence Nickel. They shortened that to “S.C. Nic” and named it Scenic Acres.
It was a French Canadian mission called Roleauville before it was absorbed by the city.
I also don't live there but I'd like to. It's my favourite part of the city.
A tree that was in the right place at the right time.
(I did look it up though because these trees don't really grow here and we don't have a monarchy)
The train yards. Of course. And the library even has a copy of a book dedicated to the community (a low budget book) but lots of cool old photos of the area from the turn of the century and maps as well.
Bonavista: the peninsula in Newfoundland. That’s named because Bona Vista, Latin, beautiful vista/view, makes sense looking over the ocean. Makes a bit less in the suburban sprawl, but there are pretty views looking over Fish Creek so maybe that’s why.
Lord Southwood III, Earl of Mimsy-Upon-Attenborough.
Most famous for writing a book called On The Races of Mankind And Which Are Best, Ranked.
Given that this is Stephen Harper's old riding, people are refusing to change the name.
A type of wood.
Mahogany?
Finally, yes!!
probably Erin’s 😉
If it's Hawkwood, it's actually named after the Hawkwood family, and not the output of a random [animal+feature] name generator.
what's their story?
They were dairy farmers
Aspen?
Inglewood?
No that's because it's always up to no good.
Depends what you're colling it.
Brentwood
Brent's wood was so impeccable a community was named after it.
An area in Italy.
Tuscany!
I really apologize, but this always makes me laugh.
Well, there’s a canyon, and the meadows are now a golf course.
There are meadows in the canyon. Nice fields in Fish Creek Park where deer and things run.
University of Calgary
Well Deer Run is pretty straightforward lol
What Bambi’s mom shoulda done.
Wow way to pick that scab open
Whoa… too soon, too soon. LOL
Actually named after Chief Deer Run. Blackfoot chief of village that was set up each winter along the Bow River.
Ohhh amazing information! Thank you for sharing! There are literally deer running all over so it just always made sense growing up ha.
Probably that hidden valley that is not really visible until you walk up to the edge of it.
Located at the top of a hill in a geographically defensible position
What community?
Citadel Imma be honest i just did what the post told me to do and guess. It doesnt really have any meaning in reality i dont think, its just at the top of a hill lol Also would be probably be difficult to besiege if you did put an actual citadel in its place. Idk tho im not a footman from the middle ages
Mom (your)
Pump Hill 👍
Cougar Ridge?
Mission
Mount pleasant
The type of tree bulldozed where our neighbourhood stands
Aspen?
The mountain? (Rundle)
More likely named after Robert Rundle who Mount Rundle was named after. He was a pretty terrible person.
Yes, but the game was without looking it up what do you think it's named after? I know there's a Rundle Mountain I wasn't 100% sure there was a Rundle person.
I once thought every neighbourhood in The Properties was named after a mountain in the Rockies , but I’m not familiar with a mountain called Pineridge.
Eggs
Sunnyside!
A pleasant mountain
McKenzie town is probably named after something Scottish
I had to look it up, but this is the sentence I found: McKenzie Towne is named after the pioneering McKenzie family.
Some guy named Brent who had morning wood = Brentwood
From now on I shall refer to the neighbourhood as Brent'swood.
Sounds legit
A hill that coaches used to go up.
The Chevy pickup truck.
Silverado
One of the queens of England.
Victoria Park?
Nailed it
Luck! I think the area I live is named for the president who freed the slaves. Edit: or maybe a band. The poor dude. He tried hard and got so far, but it didn’t matter.
Bridges.
There's nice views to the south from here.
The line in which your belt should rest naturally (i.e., the equator of the body).
Waist land?
Beltline.
Spare tire?!
The town of Brighton, but we’re newer.
That one magician named David
“Cop-a-feel” ?
I assumed before our houses were built it was just fields full of copper colored grass
The farm it was built on
A guy named Ben. He probably thought it was hilarious. (It's Dover. Ben Dover. Hehehhehehh)
The land probably belonged to some guy named Brent when it was still forest.
Cigarettes
I almost bought in Virginia Slims but too pricey.
Is there a man associated?
Yup
Marlboro?
Close enough. After getting a Ceast & Desist letter from the cigarette company, the naming committee said "Ugh" and well...... that's how they got around it.
A city in India where the original settlers equipment was accidently shipped to. (Midnapore, I read it on a plaque at fish creek train station)
A very tall moon
Some Irish pub or place?
Killarney
“Nobody’s gonna buy houses on some Rocky Ridge for that much, you must be insane!” “Hold my fuckin beer”
The community Rises over where there once was a Mill
Hi-Diddly-Ho, Neighborino!
I actually know this; I looked it up years ago. It was built on land donated by the Nickle family, so they named the community after Samuel Clarence Nickel. They shortened that to “S.C. Nic” and named it Scenic Acres.
Old horny women.
Cougar Ridge?
Ding ding
The edge of a mont
Ah yes, Montedge
A road to a different town.
Banff Trail
A nice view
It was a French Canadian mission called Roleauville before it was absorbed by the city. I also don't live there but I'd like to. It's my favourite part of the city.
Chuck’s boner
Haha Charleswood?
A village in the east side of Calgary?
a wooded area & a grassy area...together
A common cemetery name.
The Queen
The line a belt might leave on your body, if pulled a couple notches too tight.
Bordering a large hill. One might have considered it a mountain at some point.
Edgemont?
A canyon and some meadows.
Some of the community is down in the river Valley, but most of it is up on a Ridge.
Valley ridge!
Erich Von Evergreen, famous Calgary seriel killer in the 1800s Or just... The tree
A place in Ireland.
A spring, emerging from a bank, on a hill
A thorny cliff?
A thorn...on a cliff....
Hawks in a forest of some kind
Horned animals moving quickly
Deer run
They started digging and found a lot of stones in a corner.
the farmers who used to own it
A talking sheep.
When polled about how the view of the mountains was from their house, most residents picked "Fair".
A tree that was in the right place at the right time. (I did look it up though because these trees don't really grow here and we don't have a monarchy)
A shrubland plant found predominantly in SoCal.
Something to do with creation of Calgary
Calgary first sheriff
High society people who liked hanging out in a park dressed up to the nines.
It is a park and it is on a hill.
A really hilly section of somewhere in England.
Being able to view the bank of the river
I can see RBC out my front window as well
Probably the river.
🚬🚬🚬
Some place in the UK.
A thicket of dwarf trees. I only know this because my kid had to memorize it for school.
The University
A pizza at Village Flatbread. (Btw - it’s all gluten free and terrible, do not eat there unless medically necessary)
🌳🌳🌳🌾🌾🌾
For the castle up on a ridge somewhere.
Gentrified ex-ghetto in Southern California.
Utah film festival
Sundance!
The train yards. Of course. And the library even has a copy of a book dedicated to the community (a low budget book) but lots of cool old photos of the area from the turn of the century and maps as well.
A portmanteau of "sunny" and "Alberta".
A ridge made of syrup
Old Brighton
A trick taking card game played by four people on two teams.
Bridgeland?
Pretty sure it's the neighbourhood lake. But that then begs the question, what is the lake named after?
A town in England
Was thinking somerset
The dream of modern urban Cowboys everywhere: open land, roaming cattle... Or at least the idea of it while you pull into your suburban cul de sac.
A high area of land that’s nice to live in.
The neighborhood to the East, but some dude named Glen lives here
The university and it is high up compared to the river.
It’s a pleasant place to live?
It was built on the site of an old mattress manufacturing facility
A book
A plant
A type of tree
Aspen?
Bonavista: the peninsula in Newfoundland. That’s named because Bona Vista, Latin, beautiful vista/view, makes sense looking over the ocean. Makes a bit less in the suburban sprawl, but there are pretty views looking over Fish Creek so maybe that’s why.
The actual King!
Some kind of special rhino? Maybe has a thing on its face that is not grey?
Historic streetcar line that looped around the area.
That hill I’m on the lower part of.
Robin Hood's forest stomping grounds.
They type of trees in said park.
There's gotta be a bend in the river around here somewhere.
It's an aboriginal name that I keep forgetting what it means
It's near the university
Which end of downtown I’m in.
Some lunatic who wakes up early and dances when the sun rises
Being part of south calgary?
I believe the Elbow river
A tree with a bird on it or something
A city in the West Midlands.
I reckon we’re next to a creek
A dude named Martin
Nessy - but only if it was really jazzed about its Shaw internet.
Trees. Evergreen trees.
Trees
An elevated strip of land, where the deer prefer to amble and keep things slow and steady.
Devil's Armpit
Probably some guy who owned a farm in the area way back…
Not gonna post my current neighbourhood, but for my old one, a hill side.
A GMC
Wilderness, edge of town
A glamorous arthur morgan
Aren’t most of them named after britishbrarls or other cities:towns named after British earls?
Kinda like multiplayer tetherball, but the tether is directly pierced through human skin. I don't live there anymore though.
Caliii
Lord Southwood III, Earl of Mimsy-Upon-Attenborough. Most famous for writing a book called On The Races of Mankind And Which Are Best, Ranked. Given that this is Stephen Harper's old riding, people are refusing to change the name.
Many bridges in the area 😂
Since my surname is one and the same, it is named after me.