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ABOUT MOOSE JAW BY JOSEPH

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How Moose Jaw got its name.

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ABOUT MOOSE JAWBY JOSEPH

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

How Moose Jaw got its nameWhere is Moose Jaw locatedWho named Moose Jaw What is Moose Jaw Why is Moose Jaw called Moose JawWhen was Moose jaw named

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How Moose Jaw got it’s name

Moose Jaw has a various amount of reasons of how it got it’s name. Here are a few:

One is it got it’s name from the Cree word moose gaw that sounds like moose jaw.

Another is that it got it’s name by a traveler’s cart broke and he fixed it with a moose’s jaw.

And the last is that the river winding course is in the shape of a moose’s jaw.

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Where is Moose Jaw located

Moose Jaw is located in Saskatchewan, Canada.

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Who named Moose Jaw

Moose Jaw was named by the Cree.

A Native American

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What is Moose Jaw

Moose Jaw is a city located in Saskatchewan, Canada.

The population of Moose Jaw on January 19th 2011 is approximately 35,629. (Extrapolated from a population of 32,132 in 2006 and a population of 35,629 on January 6th 2011.)

7,600

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Why is Moose Jaw named Moose Jaw

Moose Jaw was named Moose Jaw because of many different theories. Here is one:

The winding river was in the shape of a moose’s jaw.

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When was Moose Jaw named

Moose Jaw was named in the 1860’s or earlier.

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Special thank you

Thanks for listening and that’s the end of the slideshow.

BYE!