Three Sisters

Three Sisters may refer to:

Geography

Australia

  • Three Sisters (Australia), a rock formation near Katoomba, NSW
  • The Three Sisters (Queensland), three islands
  • Three Sisters Island (Tasmania), three small islands

Canada

  • The Three Sisters (Alberta), three peaks in the Canadian Rockies near Canmore, Alberta
  • The Three Sisters (Lake Huron), three islands in Lake Huron
  • The Three Sisters (Temagami), three lakes in Temagami, Ontario
  • Three Sisters (Elk Valley), three peaks in the Canadian Rockies just north of the town of Fernie, British Columbia
  • Three Sisters Range, three peaks in the Stikine Country, British Columbia
  • Three Sisters Lakes Provincial Park, a park near Hixon, British Columbia
  • Three Sisters, a rock formation along the shore of Cape Chignecto Provincial Park

Ireland

  • The Three Sisters (Ireland), three rivers
  • An Triúr Deirféar (Irish for The Three Sisters), three peaks on the Dingle Peninsula

South Africa

  • Three Sisters (Northern Cape), a rock formation consisting of a group of three conical peaks situated on the watershed between Beaufort West and Richmond

United Kingdom

United States

  • Three Sisters, spires in Monument Valley, Arizona
  • Three Sisters, mineral springs at Lake Ouachita State Park, Arkansas
  • Three Sisters (Los Angeles County), a mountain range in California
  • Three Sisters (Riverside County), a mountain range in California
  • Three Sisters (Siskiyou County), a mountain range in California
  • Three Sisters (District of Columbia), three islands
  • Three Sisters Springs (Florida)
  • Three Sisters (Georgia), three peaks
  • Three Sisters (Oregon), three volcanoes
  • Three Sisters Wilderness, Oregon
  • Three Sisters (Pittsburgh), three bridges in Pennsylvania

Stage, film and television

  • Three Sisters (play), a play by Anton Chekhov
    • The Three Sisters (1966 film), an American film
    • Three Sisters (1970 film), a British film directed by Laurence Olivier
    • The Three Sisters (1970 film), a British television adaptation
    • Three Sisters (1988 film), aka Love and Fear, directed by Margarethe von Trotta
    • Three Sisters (1994 film), a Russian film adaptation
    • Three Sisters (opera), a 1998 opera by Péter Eötvös
  • The Three Sisters (fairy tale), an Italian fairy tale
  • The Three Sisters (1930 film), an American film directed by Paul Sloane
  • Three Sisters (musical), a 1934 musical by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II
  • Three Sisters (1934 film), a Chinese film of the 1930s
  • Three Sisters (2012 film), a Chinese documentary film
  • Three Sisters (2020 film) a 2020 South Korean film
  • Three Sisters (American TV series), a 2001–2002 American TV series starring Dyan Cannon, Katherine LaNasa, and David Alan Basche
  • Three Sisters (South Korean TV series), a 2010 South Korean television drama

Mythology

  • Gorgons, three sisters in Greek mythology, named Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa
  • Graeae, three grey sisters (witches) in Greek mythology, named Deino, Enyo, and Pemphredo

Other uses

  • Three Sisters (album), a 2004 album by Alice Donut
  • Three Sisters (agriculture), a Native American agricultural technique for planting maize (corn), beans, and squash close together for shared benefits
  • Three Sisters (sternwheeler), a steamboat
  • Three Sisters tomato, a variety of tomato
  • Three Sisters Bridge, a cancelled bridge over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C.
  • Three Sisters Tavern, a restaurant in Portland, Oregon
  • Three Sisters of Nauset, a trio of lighthouses in Nauset, Massachusetts
  • Three sisters, a name for a combination of rogue waves, particularly on Lake Superior
  • "The Three Sisters" is a colloquial phrase referring to the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa (NGK), Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa (NHK), and Reformed Churches in South Africa
  • Orion's Belt, a part of the Orion constellation, or group of stars, located on the celestial equator

See also

Topics referred to by the same term
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