DCHP-3

Pile o' Bones

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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See 1953 quote.

Quotations

1936
Regina was once known as Pile of Bones. . . .
1953
Some of them [buffalo bones] lay near Wascana Creek a few miles away from the high butte, gave the district the name Pile O' Bones. It became Regina, capital of the Province, Queen City of the Prairies.
1954
We spent two nights at Pile o' Bones, the capital of the Territories, which later was to be renamed Regina in honour of Queen Victoria.