Happy Valley
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Canada
- Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and LabradorHappy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and LabradorHappy Valley – Goose Bay is a Canadian town in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.Located in the central part of Labrador, the town is the largest population centre in that region. Incorporated in 1973, the town composes the former town of Happy Valley and the Local Improvement District of...
- Happy Valley, Greater Sudbury, OntarioHappy Valley, Greater Sudbury, OntarioHappy Valley is a ghost town in the city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. The community was first inhabited in 1906 by workers from the nearby mine at Garson...
- Happy Valley, King, Ontario
- Happy Valley, British ColumbiaHappy Valley, British ColumbiaHappy Valley is an unincorporated settlement in the Western Communities area of Greater Victoria on southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. Happy Valley, which is located south of Glen Lake and west of Triangular Hill, had its own post office from 1896 to 1922.-History:The...
, in the Western Communities area of Greater Victoria, British Columbia - Happy Valley No. 10, SaskatchewanHappy Valley No. 10, SaskatchewanHappy Valley No. 10 is a rural municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is located in southeastern Saskatchewan and is within SARM Division No. 2 and Census Division No. 2. Its population was 174 as of the 2006 Census.-Statistics:...
, a rural municipality in Saskatchewan
United States
- Happy Valley, AlaskaHappy Valley, AlaskaHappy Valley is a census-designated place in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 489.-Geography:Happy Valley is located at ....
- Happy Valley, Calaveras County, CaliforniaHappy Valley, Calaveras County, CaliforniaHappy Valley is an unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California. It lies at an elevation of 1509 feet ....
- Happy Valley, Plumas County, CaliforniaHappy Valley, Plumas County, CaliforniaHappy Valley is an area in Plumas County, California, United States, is located in Grizzly Valley.-References:*-External links:*...
- Happy Valley School District located in the mountain rural area of Santa Cruz, California
- The district around Mission and 1st Street in San Francisco, California was called "Happy Valley" in the 19th century.
- Happy Valley, North Carolina
- Happy Valley, OregonHappy Valley, OregonHappy Valley is a city in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. The population was 4,519 at the 2000 census.-History:Happy Valley was originally called Christilla Valley, named after the first residents, Christian and Matilda Deardorff. They arrived in 1851 and claimed on the floor of the...
- Happy Valley, TennesseeHappy Valley, TennesseeHappy Valley is an unincorporated community in Blount County, Tennessee, United States, near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Although it is not a census-designated place, the ZIP Code Tabulation Area for the ZIP Code that serves Happy Valley had a population of 529 as of the 2000 U.S...
- Happy Valley, Oak Ridge, TennesseeHappy Valley, Oak Ridge, TennesseeHappy Valley was a construction camp of trailer homes and hutments at the Clinton Engineer Works of the Manhattan Project in the 1940s. It was located near the K-25 gaseous diffusion plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to lessen travelling time for the seventeen thousand construction men working...
- Happy Valley, Maui, Hawaii
- State College, PennsylvaniaState College, PennsylvaniaState College is the largest borough in Centre County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is the principal city of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Centre County. As of the 2010 census, the borough population was 42,034, and roughly double...
and its immediate area (nickname) - Pennsylvania State UniversityPennsylvania State UniversityThe Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU, is a public research university with campuses and facilities throughout the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855, the university has a threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service...
, located in State College (nickname often used by U.S. sportscasters) - Utah County, UtahUtah County, UtahUtah County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of 2000, the population was 368,536 and by 2008 was estimated at 530,837. It was named for the Spanish name for the Ute Indians. The county seat and largest city is Provo...
(nickname) - The Pioneer ValleyPioneer ValleyThe Pioneer Valley is the colloquial name for the U.S. Commonwealth of Massachusetts's portion of the Connecticut River Valley. The Pioneer Valley consists of three counties in Massachusetts which collectively feature much of New England's most fertile farmland...
area in Massachusetts (nickname) - A geographical area in Sequim, WashingtonSequim, WashingtonSequim is a city in Clallam County, Washington, United States. The 2010 US Census counted a population of 6,606. Sequim is located along the Dungeness River near the base of the Olympic Mountains...
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Happy Valley theme parks in China
- Happy Valley BeijingHappy Valley BeijingHappy Valley Beijing 北京欢乐谷 is an amusement park in Beijing built and operated by Beijing OTC, which is part of the Shenzhen OCT Holding Group. The park, which is located in the east of Beijing, opened in July, 2006. It is one of four theme parks in the brand chain; the other three Happy Valley...
- Happy Valley Chengdu
- Happy Valley ShanghaiHappy Valley ShanghaiHappy Valley Shanghai is an amusement park located in Songjiang, Shanghai, China. The park is approximately from downtown Shanghai. It covers an area of 863,500 square meters . Happy Valley contains seven major areas, each with different themed zones, including Sunshine Beach, Happy Times,...
- Happy Valley, ShenzhenHappy Valley, ShenzhenHappy Valley is a tourist theme park in Nanshan, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China.Covering an area of 350,000 square meters , the park is composed of nine areas with different themes, including Spanish Square, Cartoon City, Mt. Adventure, Gold Mine Town, Shangri-la Woods, Sunshine Beach,...
Other
- Happy Valley, New South Wales, Australia
- Happy Valley, South AustraliaHappy Valley, South AustraliaHappy Valley is a metropolitan suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located 20 km south of the Central Business District of Adelaide.Within the suburb is the Happy Valley Reservoir accompanied by South Australia's largest water treatment plant, responsible for supplying water to much of the...
, Australia - Happy Valley, Hong KongHappy Valley, Hong KongHappy Valley is a mostly residential suburb of Hong Kong, located in the northern part of Hong Kong Island. Administratively, it is part of Wan Chai District....
- Happy Valley, Kenya is an unofficial name for parts of Kenya and Uganda
- Happy Valley, New Zealand (disambiguation)
- Happy Valley, VietnamHappy Valley, VietnamHappy Valley was the name given by US Marines to a valley southwest of Danang in Quảng Nam Province, Vietnam-Base camp:Happy Valley was a major Vietcong /North Vietnamese Army base camp, storage area and supply infiltration route...
- Happy Valley (garden)Happy Valley (garden)Happy Valley is a garden created by Edwin Harrold in Stenness, Orkney, Scotland.-History:The area was originally known as "Bankburn". The garden was created from a bare hillside by Edwin Harrold, between the October 1948 and the 1990s. Mr Harrold had to give up the garden, as he was too old to...
, a garden created by Edwin Harrold in Orkney, Scotland. - Ruhr AreaRuhr AreaThe Ruhr, by German-speaking geographers and historians more accurately called Ruhr district or Ruhr region , is an urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With 4435 km² and a population of some 5.2 million , it is the largest urban agglomeration in Germany...
, an ironic nickname used by RAF bomber crews during World War II - Happy Valley was a nickname for Boehmer Army AirfieldHoppstädten-Weiersbach AirfieldHoppstädten-Weiersbach Airfield is a general aviation airport in Hoppstädten, Germany. It has two parallel runways in the 06/24 direction; one asphalt and one grass. Despite this, no left or right markings are used...
in Germany. - The Happy Valley (book), a children's book by Eric BerneEric BerneEric Berne was a Canadian-born psychiatrist best known as the creator of transactional analysis and the author of Games People Play.-Background and education:...
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Miscellaneous
- The Happy ValleyThe Happy ValleyThe Happy Valley is a British television drama, first shown on BBC1 on 6 September 1987 in the Sunday Premiere strand. It was written by David Reid, directed by Richard Devenish, and produced by Cedric Messina...
, a 1987 TV film set in Kenya in the 1930s - Happy Valley AA, athletic association and football team in Hong Kong
- Happy Valley setHappy Valley setThe Happy Valley set was a group of privileged British colonials living in the Happy Valley region of the Wanjohi Valley,near the Aberdare mountain range, in the colonies of Kenya and Uganda during the 1920s - 1940s...
, a notorious group of British expatriates in Kenya from the 1920s-1940s - Happy Valley (Re-unification Overture), a pop/classical song by Vanessa-MaeVanessa-MaeVanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson , known professionally as Vanessa-Mae , is an internationally known British violinist. Her music style is self-described as "violin techno-acoustic fusion", as several of her albums prominently feature the techno style...
, on the album China Girl: The Classical Album 2China Girl: The Classical Album 2China Girl was the seventh album by classical and pop musician Vanessa-Mae, released in 1997 .China Girl contains only three tracks. The first is a recording of the Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto performed with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Viktor Fedotov...