Dormer River

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Dormer River is a stream in Alberta, Canada. [1]

Dormer River was so named on account of ridges which rise like a dormer. [2]

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References

  1. "Dormer River". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada.
  2. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 43.

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