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Originally Posted by J.OT13
Wellington and Rideau were named by Colonel John By, possibly other streets as well. Both should remain. The suggestion of renaming Wellington for John A. was sort of ridiculous. The Harper Government would have named everything after John A. (and they did rename both the old BMO Building and the Ottawa River Parkway for him) even if his name was already plastered all across town.
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On the west coast when Cook, Vancouver and Malaspina charted the entire region many of the bays, sounds and prominent points of land were named after many of the officers who sailed with these explorers as well as ships that were stationed in the region. Recently some original names such as "Salish Sea" have replaced or enhanced the European names (its still the Strait of Georgia, but the entire region from Race Rocks to the entrance to Pugent Sound and north to Johnstone Strait is the Salish Sea).