Fort Frances, ON, Canada / 93.1 The Border
May 4, 2021 6:57 AM
A list of potential names for the renaming of Colonization Road has been selected by a committee of Fort Frances town council.
Members of the Planning and Development Executive Committee narrowed the list for the West Road to Sunrise, Heritage, Spirit and Moonlight Trail.
Agamiing (meaning at the shore, at the lake, at the water), Nibi (water), Harmony, Shoreline and Sunset Drive were identified as potential names for Colonization Road East.
Over 70 names were put forward by the public to consider.
Councillor Doug Judson says at least one section of the road should have an Indigenous name.
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Goodbye Colonization, hello Boozhoo and Memorial Avenues.
Like other municipalities in northwestern Ontario including Fort Frances, Dryden is also grappling with the history and negative connotations behind the term colonization and featuring it as a prominent roadway name within the community. Now, thanks to work done by the city and the Dryden Working Circle Committee, along with input from emergency first responders, the town has chosen new names for the pair of roads, aiming to replace Colonization Ave. N with Boozhoo Ave. and Colonization Ave. S with Memorial Ave.
The two names were narrowed down from a list of 265 possible selections, which was generated from 60 days of public consultation that began in January of this year and generated 400 submitted names. Other names that were in consideration for the pair of roads include Sunset, Harmony, Barclay and Unity.
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