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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 07:51:24 -0700
From: Brad Green <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: "Ca nada" <fwd>
Sender: Brad Green <[log in to unmask]>
 
 
 
Canada name origins
 
In 1535, two Indian youths told Jacques Cartier about the route to
"kanata." They were referring to the village of Stadacona; "kanata" was
simply the Huron-Iriquois word for "village" or "settlement." But for
want of another name, Cartier used "Canada" to refer not only to
Stadacona (the site of the present day Quebec City), but also to the
entire area subject to its chief, Donnacona. The name was soon applied
to a much larger area: maps in 1547 designated everything north of the
St. Lawrence River as "Canada."
 
Source:
Symbols of Canada
Published by Canadian Heritage in 1995
ISBN 0 660 16169 9
CAN$ 6.95
 
8.5 x 11 inch saddle stiched format booklet including colour
reproductions of all provincial flags (not including Nunavut) The book
also includes all coat of arms, words to national anthem, provincial
flowers, and other symbols, includes a fold out colour poster of all
this. Text descriptions and brief histories.
 
Brad Green
 
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