Dewdney

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Dewdney may refer to:

  • Dewdney, British Columbia, an unincorporated community, formerly a district municipality, in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia
  • Dewdney (electoral district), a former electoral district in British Columbia, Canada
  • Regina Dewdney, a federal electoral district in Regina, Saskatachewan, Canada.
  • The Dewdney Trail, an important colonial-era route across southern British Columbia from Hope in the Fraser Valley to Wild Horse Creek in the East Kootenay.
  • The Dewdney Trunk Road, one of the earliest main roads in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia and today a series of arterial routes between Port Moody and Mission

People with the surname Dewdney:

  • Alexander Dewdney (born 1941), Canadian mathematician, computer scientist and philosopher
  • Christopher Dewdney (born 1951), Canadian poet
  • Edgar Dewdney (1835–1916), Canadian surveyor, engineer, politician, and provincial Lieutenant-Governor
  • Selwyn Dewdney (1909–1979), Canadian author, illustrator and artist, father of Alexander and Christopher
  • Tom Dewdney (born 1933), West Indian cricketer
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