Sentence examples for The townsite from inspiring English sources
noun
(in former British colonies) A tract of land authorized to be developed as a town and then surveyed and marked out with streets
The townsite was named Medford in December.
The townsite is located on a series of southern-facing gravel terraces on a ridge of Mount Bergeron, overlooking the confluence of the Murray and Wolverine Rivers.
In 1958 the federal government ceded the townsite, then about 33 square miles (85 square km), to Boulder City's residents.
The Iowa Land Company purchased the townsite in 1855 and renamed it for DeWitt Clinton, former governor of New York.
(An alternative account holds that the townsite was named for the granite rocks of the nearby Dragoon Mountains, which stand out against the landscape like tombstones).
The campground is 1km north of Saltery Bay ferry terminal and 27km south of Powell River, which is home to the Townsite Brewery, the creator of the amber Suncoast ale.
The panel issued over 500 recommendations, including limiting the growth of the Banff townsite, capping the town's population at 10,000, placing quotas for popular hiking trails, and curtailing development in the park.
The highway continues on for, to reach the original townsite and the harbour, where it takes on the local names Odonnell Street, McPhee Street, and Harbour Road.
The Banff townsite is the main commercial centre in the national park.
From 1918 until the 1930s, the present townsite hosted a trading post on a grassy pasture known to the Sekani and Saulteaux as Little Prairie.
They moved their families out and excised part of the pastoral lease to be the Jarlmadangah townsite, giving it the Nyikina name for Mount Anderson.
