An Aboriginal Presence

Naming the Land

Some names in Ontario around Toronto

Adoopekog
Etobicoke River: "Place of the Alders" in Ojibwa

Nanzuhzaugewazog
Oakville (Sixteen-Mile) Creek: "Having Two Outlets" in Ojibwa

Ashquasing
Bronte (Twelve-Mile) Creek: "That which lies at the end" in Ojibwa

Anatari
Thora Island: "The dry firewood island" in Huron-Wendat

Ekaenouton
Manitoulin Island: "Where many things are washed up (littering) the shore" in Huron-Wendat

Haskaont
Georgina Island: "The place where meat and fish are stored" in Huron-Wendat

Ouentarionk
Lake Simcoe: "The beautiful big lake" in Huron-Wendat

Skiondechiara
Beausoleil Island: "The land to appear floating afar" in Huron-Wendat

Menecing
Toronto Island: "On the Island" in Ojibwa

Missinnihe
Credit River: "The Trusting Creek" in Ojibwa

Mossquawaunk
Grimsby: "Where Deer Resort" in Ojibwa

Kahkejewung
Niagara Falls: "The Water Falls" in Ojibwa

Wahbeshkegoo Kechegahme
Lake Erie: "The white water lake" in Ojibwa