Fraser
Encyclopedia
Australia
- Fraser, Australian Capital TerritoryFraser, Australian Capital TerritoryFraser is a suburb in the Canberra district of Belconnen. It lies at the north west end of Belconnen. The postcode is 2615. The suburb is named after James Reay Fraser, who was Member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Division of Australian Capital Territory from 1951 to 1970 and...
, a suburb in the Canberra district of Belconnen - The Division of FraserDivision of FraserThe Division of Fraser is an Australian Electoral Division in the Australian Capital Territory. It also covers the Jervis Bay Territory.The division was created in 1974 and is named for James Fraser, who was member for Australian Capital Territory 1951-70...
, an electoral division in the northern Australian Capital Territory - Fraser Island, along the coast of Queensland
Canada
- Fraser RiverFraser RiverThe Fraser River is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Mount Robson in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for , into the Strait of Georgia at the city of Vancouver. It is the tenth longest river in Canada...
- Fraser PlateauFraser PlateauThe Fraser Plateau is an intermontane plateau. It is one of the main subdivisions of the Interior Plateau located in the Central Interior of British Columbia, and includes the Cariboo and Chilcotin Plateaus and the adjoining Marble, Clear and Camelsfoot Ranges on its southwestern edge...
, a subplateau of the Interior Plateau, named for the river - Fraser Basin, a low-lying area, part of the Nechako Plateau, flanking the Fraser River in the Central Interior of British Columbia
- Fraser CanyonFraser CanyonThe Fraser Canyon is an 84 km landform of the Fraser River where it descends rapidly through narrow rock gorges in the Coast Mountains en route from the Interior Plateau of British Columbia to the Fraser Valley...
, the stretch of the Fraser River from the city of Williams Lake south to the town of Hope, British Columbia - Fraser ValleyFraser ValleyThe Fraser Valley is the section of the Fraser River basin in southwestern British Columbia downstream of the Fraser Canyon. The term is sometimes used to refer to the Fraser Canyon and stretches upstream from there, but in general British Columbian usage of the term refers to the stretch of the...
, the region flanking the lowermost reaches of the Fraser River, from the town of Hope to the sea - Fraser Plateau and Basin complexFraser Plateau and Basin complexThe Fraser Plateau and Basin Complex is an ecoregion, as defined by the World Wildlife Fund. It encompasses the middle reaches of the watershed of the Fraser River as it traverses the northern part of the Interior Plateau of British Columbia...
, a World Wildlife Fund-named ecoregion in the Central Interior of British Columbia
- Fraser Plateau
- Simon Fraser UniversitySimon Fraser UniversitySimon Fraser University is a Canadian public research university in British Columbia with its main campus on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, and satellite campuses in Vancouver and Surrey. The main campus in Burnaby, located from downtown Vancouver, was established in 1965 and has more than 34,000...
, Burnaby, British Columbia - Alex Fraser BridgeAlex Fraser BridgeThe Alex Fraser Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge over the Fraser River and connects Richmond and New Westminster with North Delta in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia. The bridge is named for Alex Fraser, a former B.C...
, between Delta and Richmond, British Columbia - Fraser Mills, British Columbia, a neighbourhood of the city of Coquitlam, British Columbia
- Fraser Heights, British Columbia, a neighbourhood of the city of Surrey, British Columbia
- Fraser Valley Regional DistrictFraser Valley Regional DistrictThe Fraser Valley Regional District is a regional district in British Columbia, Canada. The FVRD covers an area of 13,361.74 km²...
, British Columbia, a para-municipal body encompassing the eastern half of the Fraser Valley region and a portion of the lower Fraser Canyon - Regional District of Fraser-CheamRegional District of Fraser-CheamThe Regional District of Fraser-Cheam, commonly called the Fraser-Cheam Regional District, was a regional district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, surrounding the Fraser River from Chiliwack to just south of Lytton. It was created in 1967 but rescinded in 1995. Its area is now part...
, a former para-municipal body encompassing the Upper Fraser Valley and parts of the Fraser Canyon, now part of the Fraser Valley Regional District - Central Fraser Valley Regional DistrictCentral Fraser Valley Regional DistrictThe Central Fraser Valley Regional District was a regional district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region, south of the Fraser River and west of Chilliwack...
, a former para-municipal body encompassing the central portion of the Fraser Valley region, now part of the Fraser Valley Regional District - Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, a para-municipal body encompassing the area of the city of Prince George, British Columbia, and the upper valley of the Fraser River southeast of there
- Fraser River Provincial ParkFraser River Provincial ParkFraser River Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada....
, a park on the west bank of the Fraser River northwest of Hixon, British Columbia, to the south of the city of Prince George - Fraser Island 6, properly known as Fraser River Indian Reserve No. 6, located on the island of the same name at Becher Bay, British Columbia, near the city of Victoria
- Fraser RangeFraser RangeThe Fraser Range is a small mountain range in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, located north of the western end of Nugent Sound. It has an area of 37 km2 and is a subrange of the Pacific Ranges which in turn form part of the Coast Mountains....
, a small mountain range north of Nugent Sound on the Central Coast of British Columbia - Fraser Lake, a lake in the Central Interior of British Columbia
- Fraser Lake, British ColumbiaFraser Lake, British ColumbiaFraser Lake is a village in northern British Columbia, Canada. It is located on the southwest side of Fraser Lake between Burns Lake and Vanderhoof alongside the Yellowhead Highway....
, originally Fort Fraser, a village in the Central Interior of British Columbia named for the lake - Fraser Lake 2, properly Fraser Lake Indian Reserve No. 2, an Indian Reserve of the Dakelh people on the lake
United States
- Fraser, ColoradoFraser, ColoradoFraser is a Statutory Town in Grand County, Colorado, United States. The population was 910 at the 2000 census. The town is in Middle Park in the valley of the Fraser River along U.S. Highway 40...
- Fraser, Idaho
- Fraser, IowaFraser, IowaFraser is a city in Dodge Township, Boone County, Iowa, United States. The population was 137 at the 2000 census. It is part of the 'Boone, Iowa Micropolitan Statistical Area', which is a part of the larger 'Ames-Boone, Iowa Combined Statistical Area'...
- Fraser, MichiganFraser, MichiganFraser is a city in Macomb County of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 15,297 at the 2000 census. The city is part of the Metro Detroit region.The Village of Fraser was incorporated by an act of the state legislature in 1894...
, in Macomb County - Fraser Township, MichiganFraser Township, MichiganFraser Township is a civil township of Bay County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The township's population was 3,375 as of the 2000 census and is included in the Bay City Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
, in Bay County - Fraser Township, MinnesotaFraser Township, MinnesotaFraser Township is a township in Martin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 316 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there...
- Fraser, New York (disambiguation), various places
People
- Fraser (surname)Fraser (surname)Fraser is a surname, of Scottish origin , and may refer to many people..-A:* Alec Garden Fraser , Scottish Reverend and educationalist* Alex Fraser , Canadian politician* Alex Fraser , British scientist...
- the Fraser River Indians, also known as the Fraser River Salish, are now known as the Sto:loStó:loThe Sto:lo , alternately written as Stó:lō, Stó:lô or Stó:lõ and historically as Staulo or Stahlo, and historically known and commonly referred to in ethnographic literature as the Fraser River Indians or Lower Fraser Salish, are a group of First Nations peoples inhabiting the Fraser Valley of...
and neighbouring groups
Other uses
- Bethel School District v. FraserBethel School District v. FraserBethel School District v. Fraser, 478 U.S. 675 , was a United States Supreme Court decision involving free speech and public schools. Matthew Fraser was suspended from school for making a speech full of sexual double entendres at a school assembly...
, a US legal case - Fraser and NeaveFraser and NeaveFraser & Neave Limited is a food and beverage, brewing, property and publishing & printing industries conglomerate in Singapore.Listed in Singapore, the group’s subsidiaries and associated companies include Frasers Centrepoint, Asia Pacific Breweries and Times Publishing...
, a Singapore-based business group - Fraser syndromeFraser syndromeFraser syndrome is an autosomal recessive congenital disorder...
- Fraser HeraldFraser HeraldFraser Herald of Arms is the title of one of the officers of arms at the Canadian Heraldic Authority in Ottawa. Like the other heralds at the Authority, the name is derived from the Canadian river of the same name. Since the inception of the office, Fraser Herald of Arms has been the principal...
, title of a Canadian Heraldic Authority officer of arms - Fraser Fir Tree, a pine tree (Abies fraseri)
- Fraser InstituteFraser InstituteThe Fraser Institute is a Canadian think tank. It has been described as politically conservative and right-wing libertarian and espouses free market principles...
, free-market think tank
See also
- Fraser alphabetFraser alphabetThe Fraser alphabet or Old Lisu Alphabet is an artificial script invented around 1915 by Sara Ba Thaw, a Karen preacher from Myanmar, and improved by the missionary James O. Fraser, to write the Lisu language. It is a single-case alphabet....
- Frazier (disambiguation)
- Frazer (disambiguation)
- Frasier (disambiguation)Frasier (disambiguation)Frasier is a television situation comedy.Frasier may also refer to:* Frasier Crane, the fictional character on television sitcoms Frasier and Cheers- People :* Anne Frasier , American author...