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Abbotsford gave its name to the " Abbotsford Club ", a successor of the Bannatyne and Maitland clubs, founded by William Barclay Turnbull in 1834 in Scott's honour, for printing and publishing historical works connected with his writings.
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The Surge won 11 of their 16 regular season games, and posted some impressive results, including a 4-1 thrashing of the Yakima Reds in May, a 5-1 drubbing of Spokane Shadow in early July, and an impressive 5-0 demolition of Abbotsford Rangers on the final day of the regular season which gave them their title.
Abbotsford and its
In keeping with its many Walter Scott references, Rose Street in Edinburgh has a bar called the " Kenilworth ", along with one named the " Abbotsford ".
Formed in 1892, the club traditionally represented the inner-Melbourne suburb of Collingwood, and was based at Victoria Park in Abbotsford ; the club is now based in the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Precinct in Melbourne, playing its home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and with its training and administrative base in Gosch's Paddock and the Westpac Centre.
In 1880, the CF & W was joined by the Wisconsin and Minnesota Railway pushing its way west from Abbotsford.
Abbotsford takes its name from the estate of John Orr, which in turn is named after a ford in Scotland's Tweed River, used by the Abbott of Melrose Abbey.
Highway 1 then crosses from Metro Vancouver into the Fraser Valley Regional District on its entry into Abbotsford.
There are six interchanges on Highway 1 in its 33 km ( 21 mi ) long stretch through Abbotsford, one of which leads to Highway 11.
Collingwood is a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in the suburb of Abbotsford ( despite its name ), on the South Morang and Hurstbridge railway lines.
Black Press now owns other flagship community papers, such as the Victoria News, Surrey Leader, Peace Arch News, Kelowna Capital News, and the Abbotsford News, which is celebrating its 90th anniversary in 2012.
Bob Singleton has held the microphone at the Abbotsford International Airshow for 41 of its 48 years.
The local Sikh community in Vancouver, Abbotsford and Surrey, British Columbia, Canada holds its annual Vaisakhi celebrations in the April long weekend, which often includes a Nagar Kirtan ( parade ) which an estimated 200, 000 people attend.
In 2006, Krave ’ s Candy sold its assets, which included its brands, names, recipes, customer lists, inventory and packaging equipment to Brookside Foods, based in Abbotsford, British Columbia.
The beacon, which was visible at night from as far away as Abbotsford and Mission, was shut down at the beginning of World War II because of its potential use as a landmark for aerial attacks.
Abbotsford took its name from Abbotsford House, owned by Sir Arthur Renwick.
Abbotsford was first known by its Aboriginal name Bigi Bigi.
Abbotsford and name
He first built a small villa and named it Abbotsford, creating the name from a ford nearby where previously abbots of Melrose Abbey used to cross the river.
A neighbouring Roman road with a ford used in olden days by the abbots of Melrose suggested the name of Abbotsford.
Until 2007 the team was known as the Abbotsford Rangers, but changed their name prior to the 2008 season to reflect the name of their parent organization.
Abbotsford and Club
The Airshow was started in 1962 by the Abbotsford Flying Club.
The Order of Knighthood was printed by David Laing for the Abbotsford Club ( 1847 ).
The Paul Bellini Fan Club was based in Montreal, with smaller chapters in Winnipeg, Kitchener, Toronto, Abbotsford, Halifax, New York, Utah and parts of Europe.
:: Note by Sir W. Scott in Sinclairs Mew of Insurrection in Scotland ( Abbotsford Club.
Edinburgh: Abbotsford Club, 1858.
Abbotsford Sailing Club and Sydney Rowing Club sit on the Parramatta River, at the end of Great North Road.
Abbotsford and successor
The Interurban, as the BCER tram linking Abbotsford with Vancouver and Chilliwack, was called, was discontinued in 1950, but BCER's successor BC Hydro retains the right to re-introduce passenger rail service.
Abbotsford and Bannatyne
He edited works for the Bannatyne, Maitland, Abbotsford, and Hunterian Clubs, and for the Spottiswoode Society ; and he was the main editor of John Kay's Edinburgh Portraits, 2 vols.
Abbotsford and founded
Trinity College Glenalmond was founded as an independent school by William Gladstone and James Hope-Scott ( later Hope-Scott of Abbotsford ).
In 1925 a rowing facility was built at Abbotsford, and in 1957 an additional preparatory school was founded on the North Shore-first at Killara, but now at Lindfield.
Abbotsford and by
Scottish Borders Council is considering an application by a property developer to build a housing estate on the opposite bank of the River Tweed from Abbotsford, to which Historic Scotland and the National Trust for Scotland object.
* Abbotsford ( by W S Crockett-1904 illustrated book pub.
* Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey by Washington Irving, from Project Gutenberg
Stella Artois is also brewed in Abbotsford, Victoria, by Foster's Group for the Australian market under license from InBev.
* Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey by Washington Irving, from Project Gutenberg
Its traditions and folk tales were well documented by Walter Scott, who spent part of his childhood nearby, and in adult life returned to live in the vicinity at Abbotsford House, near Melrose.
Resigning the editorship of the Quarterly Review in 1853, he spent the next winter in Rome, but returned to England without recovering his health ; and being taken to Abbotsford by his daughter Charlotte, who had become Mrs James Robert Hope-Scott, he died there on 25 November 1854.
Abbotsford is the largest city by area in British Columbia.
Four white Tutors were finally flown together at the Abbotsford Air Show, followed by a flypast in Winnipeg.
The Collingwood Town Hall in Hoddle Street Abbotsford is also still used by the council.
The team announced in July 2011 that head coach Cail MacLean had accepted the assistant coaching position for the AHL's Abbotsford Heat, a spot previously held by former Stingrays head coach Jared Bednar.
Abbotsford is bounded by Collingwood, Richmond and Clifton Hill and separated from Kew by the meandering Yarra River.
The Abbotsford area was once bush along the Yarra River sporadically occupied by the Wurundjeri people.
Abbotsford quickly established as an industrial area, home to many Irish, mostly factory workers, and until the construction of Melbourne's sewerage and drainage systems was regularly flooded by the Yarra River.
Much of Abbotsford is serviced by narrow one way streets and is punctuated by the main streets of Hoddle, Nicholson and Johnston Streets.
The municipality of East Collingwood was proclaimed on 24 April 1855 by Collingwood's businessmen to improve the district, initially only including the areas which would later be known as Collingwood and Abbotsford.
WRS was owned by WestCan Rail of Abbotsford, British Columbia, a railway contracting and maintenance company.
* Abbotsford ware, a pottery produced by the Kirkcaldy Pottery in Fife in the late 19th.
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