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Pinder Falls (New Brunswick)
Pinder may refer to: * Pinder (surname), people with the surname Pinder * Pinder, New Brunswick Pinder is a Canadian community in York County, New Brunswick at the intersection of Route 595 and Route 605 on the Nackawic River. It is adjacent to the community of Temperance Vale and was named for sawmill owner and member of the Legislati ..., Canada * Pinder Gully, gulley in Signey Island * the keeper of a pinfold, i.e. of an animal pound * Pinder's Drugs, a defunct Western Canadian pharmaceutical chain {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinder (surname)
Pinder is the surname of the following people: * Andrew Pinder, British corporate director * Beverley Pinder, Australian executive * Branden Pinder, American baseball player * Chad Pinder, American baseball player * Charles Pinder, Anglican priest * Cyril Pinder, American footballer * Demetrius Pinder, Bahamian sprinter * Enrique Pinder, Panamanian boxer * George F. Pinder, American engineer * George Pinder (cricketer), 19th-century English cricketer * Gerry Pinder, Canadian ice hockey player * Herb Pinder (ice hockey) * Herb Pinder, Canadian politician * Holm Pinder, German footballer * Jack Pinder, English football player * James K. Pinder, British-Canadian politician * Jefferson Pinder, American artist * John J. Pinder Jr. (1912–1944), U.S. soldier * John Pinder (comedy producer), New Zealand-Australian * John Pinder (RAF officer) * John Pinder II, Bahamian politician * Jordan Pinder, Canadian curler * Julian T. Pinder, Canadian film director * Keanu Pinder, Austral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinder, New Brunswick
Pinder is a Canadian community in York County, New Brunswick at the intersection of Route 595 and Route 605 on the Nackawic River. It is adjacent to the community of Temperance Vale and was named for sawmill owner and member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, James K. Pinder. It is located 5.71 km NNE of Nackawic-Millville. A post office was established here in 1912, which was removed in 1938. It also had a Canadian Pacific Railway station. Officially, it is part of Temperance Vale. History The Pinder Falls & Dam are one of the Waterfalls of New Brunswick. Notable people See also *List of communities in New Brunswick This is a list of communities in New Brunswick, a province in Canada. For the purposes of this list, a community is defined as either an incorporated municipality, an Indian reserve, or an unincorporated community inside or outside a municipalit ... References Communities in York County, New Brunswick {{NewBrunswick-geo-stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinder Gully
Signy Island is a small subantarctic island in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica. It was named by the Norwegian whaler Petter Sørlle (1884–1933) after his wife, Signy Therese. The island is about long and wide and rises to above sea level. Much of it is permanently covered with ice. The average temperature range is to about in winter (i.e. in July). The extremes extend to . It is separated from Coronation Island to the north by Normanna Strait, and from Moe Island to the southwest by Fyr Channel. On Signy Island, the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) maintains the Signy Research Station, a scientific station for research in biology. The base was opened on 18 March 1947, on the site of an earlier whaling station that had existed there in the 1920s. The station was staffed year-round until 1996; since that year it has been occupied only from November to April. It houses 10 people. Geography A number of locations on the island have been charted and individually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinfold
An animal pound is a place where stray livestock were impounded. Animals were kept in a dedicated enclosure, until claimed by their owners, or sold to cover the costs of impounding. Etymology The terms "pinfold" and "pound" are Saxon in origin. ''Pundfald'' and ''pund'' both mean an enclosure. There appears to be no difference between a pinfold and a village pound. The person in charge of the pinfold was the "pinder", giving rise to the surname ''Pinder''. Village pound or pinfold The village pound was a feature of most English medieval villages, and they were also found in the English colonies of North America and in Ireland. A high-walled and lockable structure served several purposes; the most common use was to hold stray sheep, pigs and cattle until they were claimed by the owners, usually for the payment of a fine or levy. The pound could be as small as or as big as and may be circular or square. Early pounds had just briar hedges, but most were built in stone or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
