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Two Indian Youth, in the year 1535, told Jacques Cartier about a route to "kanata."

They actually 

showed him the way to the Village Stadacona, (today Quebec City)

and the word "kanata" is simply the Huron-Iroquois word for "Village" or "Settlement."

 Cartier kept using this name for Stadacona and also for the entire area

 surrounding Stadacona. Later, that name was applied for a much

 greater area as maps from 1547 show, it included everything north

of the Lawrence River and the "kanata" was spelled "Canada."

Map of Canada 1867 

Photograph: Sir John A. Macdonald

Sir John A. Macdonald

(1815 - 1891)

John A. Macdonald was Canada's 

first Prime Minister, 

and was knighted for his efforts in 

bringing about Confederation.

 His role in creating Canada, 

and the realization of his dream

 to build a transcontinental railway, 

have fixed his place as a nation-builder in Canadian history.

The July 1 holiday was established by statute in 1879, 

under the name Dominion Day.

Sir John A. Macdonald was appointed as 

Canada's first Prime Minister and won the election in August

 

On October 27, 1982, July 1st which was known as "Dominion Day" became "Canada Day".

 

The Maple Tree played a very important role in Canada's history.

It associated itself with Maple Syrup and had great wood value in building houses, wood floors etc., due to its hardness, and it also added a beauty to the Canadian Landscape.

The maple tree has been officially proclaimed national arboreal emblem of Canada on April 25th, 1996 and the Canada Gazette published it in May 15th, 1996.

 

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·         What's In A Name?

Northwest Territories

Originally, the name loosely referred to the vast area 

north and west of Lake Superior.

 Through the years, it was divided into various districts,

 the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, 

Saskatchewan and Manitoba

 and the territory of Yukon. Most recently,

 the Northwest Territories

 were further divided, a large portion 

of which became Nunavut in 1999

 

 

Yukon

The first historical notation of 'Yukon' 

was made by John Bell, 

an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company, in 1846, 

and applied to the Yukon River.

'Yukon' derives from the Indian word 

'Yu-kun-ah', meaning 'great river'.

 The Yukon Territory was established on June 13, 1898

Nunavut

Created as a new territory in 1993 and officially

 the newest part of Canada on April 1, 1999, 

Nunavut now comprises the

 entire former District of Keewatin, 

the northeastern portion of the District of Franklin,

 and portions of the Victoria and Melville islands.

'Nunavut' means 'our land' in the Inuktitut (Inuit) language.

 

British Columbia

Originally, the province was to be called 'New Caledonia',

 but, since the name was already 

in use in the South Pacific, 

the name was discarded in favour of British Columbia.

'Columbia' derives from the Columbia River,

 named by American Captain Robert Gray

 for his ship the 'Columbia', and the name had been 

generally applied to the southern portion of the colony.

'British Columbia' appears to have 

originated with Queen Victoria. 

An official proclamation in 1858 designated the name

Alberta

In 1882, the District of Alberta was created and was later enlarged 

on September 1, 1905, to become the province of Alberta.

'Alberta' was in honour of

 Her Royal Highness Princess Louise Caroline Alberta 

(daughter of Queen Victoria), 

the wife of Canadian Governor General the Marquess of Lorne (1878-1883).

 

Saskatchewan

'Saskatchewan' derives originally from the Cree

 name applied to the Saskatchewan River:

 'Kisiskatchwani Sipi', meaning 'swift-flowing river'.

 The name was first officially applied 

to the District of Saskatchewan

 when it was designated part 

of the North West Territories in 1882.

 Saskatchewan became a province in 1905.

 

Manitoba

Originally, the name was applied to Lake Manitoba

 and extended to the new province.

'Manitoba' most probably derives from the 

Cree word 'maniotwapow', 

which means 'the strait of the spirit or manitobau', 

in reference to the 

sound the water made on a beach on

 Manitoba Island in Lake Manitoba, 

giving rise to the Cree superstition 

of a manito (spirit) beating a drum. 

Manitoba was created in 

1870 in order to settle the 'Red River Rebellion'.

Ontario

Originally applied to the lake (Lake Ontario) in 1641, 

and later to the shoreline 

and finally to the province itself, the name has

 definite American Indian roots.

'Ontario' derives either from 'Onitariio', 

meaning 'beautiful lake', or 'Kanadario', 

meaning 'sparkling' or 'beautiful' water.

 Ontario was an original province

 in the new Dominion of Canada, July 1, 1867.

 

Québec

Although earlier spellings such as 'Quebecq', 'Kébec' and 

'Quebec' vary slightly, the names all 

had the same derivation. 

Originally applied to the area surrounding 

early Ville de Québec (Quebec City),

 the name was eventually applied also to the province.

'Qué'bec' derives from the Algonquin word for

 'narrow passage', which the Indians had applied 

to the portion of the 

St. Lawrence River where the river narrowed

 (at present-day Quebec City). 

The word, which was common to

 the Algonquin, Cree, and Micmac languages, 

signified the same thing in each language. 

Québec was one of the original provinces 

in the new Dominion of Canada, July 1, 1867.

 

Labrador

The most generally-accepted version of the 

derivation of Labrador is that applied to

 João Fernandes, a Portuguese explorer. 

Fernandes was also a 'lavrador' (landholder) in the Azores. 

The name originally applied to a

portion of modern-day Greenland, 

but the name was later transfered to the 

eastern coast of Canada by cartographers.

'Labrador' may well have come 

about as the result of a 'typo'. 

An inscription near Greenland 

on the 1530 Weimar map stated: "... 

And as the one who first gave notice of it 

was a Labrador (sic) of the Azores (João Fernandes),

 they gave it the name."

 (The Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Volume 1.) 

The inscription could just 

as easily have indicated the east coast of Canada.

New Brunswick

Originally, New Brunswick was part of 

Acadia and Nova Scotia. However, 

following the American Revolution (1775-1783), 

a large number of United Empire Loyalists 

(colonists loyal to the Crown) were expelled from the new 

United States and moved

 north into the British colonies in Canada.

By 1784, as population grew to such a point that it was necessary to create a new and separate province. 

Two of the early potential names 

were 'New Ireland', which was 

suggested by William Knox, the Under Secretary of State,

 and 'Pittsylvania', named after the 

then British prime minister William Pitt.

On September 10, 1784,

 the official partition of Nova Scotia 

took place and New Brunswick was created.

'New Brunswick' was eventually agreed upon in honour

 of King George III 

who had descended from the House of Brunswick.

Newfoundland

When John Cabot sailed to North American in 1497, 

he wrote about the 'new founde isle' (sic).

 By 1502, official English 

documents referred to Newfoundland as 

'New found lande' (sic) and by 1510, 

French documents called it 'Terre Neuve' 

('New Land'). In 1529, a map drawn by

 Giovanni da Verrazano used the name 'Terra Nova'.

'Newfoundland' had generally 

been accepted since its discovery in 

one form or another, and Newfoundland became the tenth

 and last province to join Confederation on March 31, 1949.

 

Prince Edward Island

When the island was acquired by the British in 1759, 

it was named 'St. John's Island'. 

Earlier, Samuel de Champlain had written 

about 'L'île de Saint Jean' in 1604 

and the name appeared on his map in 1632. ('Jean' is French for 'John'.) 

In 1769, St. John's Island 

became separate from Nova Scotia 

and the name 'St. John's Island' remained until it

 was changed to 'Prince Edward Island' in 1798.

'Prince Edward Island' 

was named in honour of Prince Edward, 

the Duke of Kent 

and father of Queen Victoria. At the time,

 Prince Edward was in 

command of the British forces in Halifax. 

Prince Edward Island 

entered Confederation on July 1, 1873.

 

A symbol of Canadian identity

The official ceremony inaugurating the new Canadian flag

 was held on Parliament Hill in Ottawa

 on February 15, 1965, with

 Governor General Georges Vanier,

 Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, 

the members of the Cabinet and

 thousands of Canadians in attendance.

The Canadian Red Ensign, 

bearing the Union Jack 

and the shield of the royal arms of Canada,

 was lowered and then, on the 

stroke of noon, our new maple leaf flag was raised. 

The crowd sang the 

national anthem

 O Canada followed 

by the royal anthem God Save the Queen.

The following words,

 spoken on that momentous day by the

 Honourable Maurice Bourget, Speaker of the Senate, 

added further symbolic meaning to our flag: 

"The flag is the symbol of the nation's unity, for it, 

beyond any doubt, represents all the citizens of Canada

without distinction of race, language, belief or opinion."

 

 

Lester B. Pearson

(1897 - 1972)

 

Canadian Patriot Tunes:

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First Canadian Flags:

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Canadian Anthem:

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This Land Is Your Land

(CANADIAN CHORUS)


This land is your land,
This land is my land,
From Bonavista
To Vancouver Island,
From the Artic Circle,
To the Great Lake waters,
This land was made for you and me.

I roamed and I rambled
And I followed my footsteps
To the fir-clad forests
Of our mighty mountains
And all around me
A voice was calling,
This land was made for you and me.

I followed your low hills
And I followed your cliff rims,
Your marble canyons
And sunny bright waters.
As the fog was lifting,
A voice was saying
This land was made for you and me.

When the sun comes shining
And I am strolling,
And the wheat fields waving
And dust clouds rolling,
As the fog was lifting
A voice was calling,
This land was made for you and me.

2 Chronicles 7:14 [37 kb]

 

 

 

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