Kìwekì Point (formerly Nepean Point) Redevelopment [NCC]

[Fading Isle]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

New name for the bridge too:


https://ncc-website-2.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/2022-C20-Renaming-Nepean-Point-presentation.pdf

Algonquin College's definition of the word:

"Pìdàban is the name by which the Institute for Indigenization in Room C251 on the second floor of the DARE District is known. Pìdàban – the word translates as “past, present, and future” – alludes to the natural phenomena of “daybreak,” that moment in the morning when night becomes a new day. As McLester observed, the symbolism of the word is most appropriate for a space devoted to Indigenization and social entrepreneurship;"

https://www.algonquincollege.com/college-blog/algonquin-colleges-new-indigenous-spaces/

I like that these names were developed with members of local Algonquin communities forming the majority of the working group. I quite like the names, particularly the name for the pedestrian bridge. It's more interesting than calling it the "Major's Hill Park Pedestrian Bridge" or "National Gallery Pedestrian Bridge", even though in everyday parlance that's probably what people will call it, just like nobody ever really called the point "Nepean Point".