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Posted: Sun November 25, 2007 06:21 PM UTC

Where did "Jape"r get its name? did it come form the first nations? if so what dose the name mean?

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Posted: Sun November 25, 2007 07:27 PM UTC

It came from the name of a clerk of the North West Company, Jasper Hawkes. He ran the office there and called it Jasper House
Now you can research where the name Jasper originates

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