WHAT WERE THEY CALLED THEN?

AREA SETTLEMENTS:

TODAY'S NAME ORIGINAL NAMES AND MEANINGS
CANADA KANATA (Iroquois Indians meaning "Collection of Huts")
KOMOKA KAMOKA (Native Indians meaning "Resting place for slain heroes")
SOUTH LONDON ASKIN, SOUTH LONDON VILLAGE, NEW BRIGHTON
LONDON WEST PETERSVILLE
KITCHENER BERLIN
OTTAWA BYTOWN
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE NEWARK
CARLISLE SIDDALLSVILLE
THAMES RIVER ASKUNESIPI (N.Indians) "Antlered River"
THAMES RIVER LA TRANCHEE (French Trappers) meaning "The Trench"/"The Cut"
Got Present name in 1792.
LAKE ST.CLAIR LAC-AUX-CLAIRES (after John G.Simcoe's father - 1793)
LAKE ERIE CAT LAKE
BYRON HALL'S MILLS, then HALL'S CORNERS
KETTLE CREEK CHAUDIERE (French for 'kettle')


LONDON STREETS:

TODAY'S NAME ORIGINAL NAME(S)
CENTRAL AVE. GREAT MARKET STREET
BRICK STREET COMMISSIONERS ROAD
CRAIG STREET ELGIN TERRACE
DUCHESS AVE. VICTORIA AVENUE
DUFFERIN AVE. DUKE STREET
ELMWOOD AVE. E. JAMES STREET
ORCHARD ST. KENT AVENUE
PIPE LINE RD. KENSAL AVENUE
PRINCESS AVE. BOND STREET
QUEEN STREET NORTH STREET (was Nothern boundry of London)


LANDMARKS:

TODAY'S NAME ORIGINAL NAME(S)
QUEENS PARK SALTER'S GROVE (present site of Western Fair)
O'BRIEN HOUSE RESCUE HOUSE (on Riverview Ave.)
METROPOLITAN
UNITED CHURCH
QUEENS AVENUE METHODIST CHURCH
TECUMSEH PARK LABATT PARK
VICTORIA PARK CRICKET SQUARE


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