Less common causes of dizziness include: 1  having a severe illness or condition that affects the whole body. 2  using recreational drugs or consuming excessive amounts of alcohol (either binge drinking or long-term alcohol misuse) 3  certain types of prescription medicine â such as antidepressants or blood pressure medication.
Among early immigrants of the Koo surname to cross the Atlantic and come to North America were: Robert Coe, who sailed from Ipswich to Watertown on the ship Francis in 1634; Matthew Coe, who emigrated from Bristol to Portsmouth in the year 1640; Alester Cowe, who arrived in Boston, Massachussets in 1652.
We know that the name was first applied to a map made in 1877 by Dr. George Dawson, the famous Canadian geologist who passed through Osoyoos in that year and described the valley. But Dawson left no clue about the meaning of the name.The Syilx people have long referred to Kobau as Txasqin, or âNice Top.â.he mountain was a favourite hunting and harvesting ground. There is the possibility that the name Kobau has a German derivation. Pioneer Theodore Kruger, who came to Osoyoos from Hanover, surely met Dawson and may have suggested the name âkoboldâ which Dawson corrupted to Kobau.