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Westlock

Westlock proper noun: a town in Westlock County, Alberta, Canada; formerly named Edson and Edison.

Proper noun

Westlock

  1. A town in Westlock County, Alberta, Canada; formerly named Edson and Edison.

Origin of Westlock

Blend of Westgate + Lockhart, surnames of the owners who owned the land where the settlement was built since 1912. The original unincorporated community east of the present town, established 1902, is named Edson, after the Edgson family, who owned the settlement's land, but is renamed Edison by Irish immigrants after Thomas Edison, because it duplicated with another settlement along the Grand Trunk Railway.

Words formed from Westlock

Questions about Westlock

What does Westlock mean?
Westlock means a town in Westlock County, Alberta, Canada; formerly named Edson and Edison.
What part of speech is Westlock?
Westlock is a proper noun.

Words near Westlock in the dictionary

  1. Westley Bottom
  2. Westley Waterless
  3. Westleys
  4. westling
  5. westlings
  6. Westlock
  7. Westlock County
  8. Westlund
  9. Westlunds
  10. westly
  11. Westm

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