This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cowan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DMQ.2ACIB/859.2.1.1 Message Board Post: You may already know this, but there is a river (Cowan) near Meadow Lake, Sask. that I believe was named for David Cowan.