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Huntsville was named after Captain George Hunt, a British military officer who retired to the area in 1869 where he was appointed the first local Postmaster, and his stepmother became a teacher at the first school house.

A pin from the Ingersoll Cheese and Wine Festival. Check out the main account for more! #ingersoll #oxfordcounty #museums instagram.com/p/C-k3NkMO9ap/…

In case you're wondering why there have been fewer posts than usual this week.

Although now part of Niagara Region, Thorold used to be part of Lincoln County and was settled by United Empire Loyalists, which is how the name came to be connected to the lord representing Lincolnshire.

Thorold is named after Sir John Thorold, a representative in the British House of Commons who represented Lincolnshire and opposed the war with America. 1/2 #PinQuestON #onmuni #ontario #canada #onheritage #placenames #thorold @ThoroldON

The name is a reference to either the far side of the lake being invisible, or the straight river from Lake Superior to Lake Nipigon.

Nipigon takes its name from the nearby river and lake of the same name. It's derived from the Ojibwa “anemebegong” meaning ‘continuous water’. 1/2 #PinQuestON #onmuni #ontario #canada #onheritage #placenames  #nipigon

March 31 is National #IndigenousLanguages Day. We Are Here: Sharing Stories is creating and sharing digital copies of Indigenous language learning material to support Indigenous communities’ language revitalization efforts. Here is just one example: bac-lac.on.worldcat.org/oclc/18731727

On this National #IndigenousLanguages Day, let’s honour and celebrate the vital role that Indigenous languages play in shaping the identity, culture, and traditional knowledge of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples in Canada. canada.ca/en/canadian-he…

Many of Canada's municipalities take their names from Indigenous languages. It's one way that these languages and their speakers are embedded into the identity of our communities.

On #NationalIndigenousLanguagesDay, #GGSimon highlights the importance of promoting and preserving Indigenous languages.

No new pin today, so instead here's a collage of the pins from the past few weeks. Which is your favourite?

Manitouwadge comes from the Ojibwa for “cave of the great spirit”. The three prospectors on the logo are Roy Barker, Bill Dawd, and Jack Forster who found mineral deposits in the area. #PinQuestON #onmuni #ontario #canada #onheritage #placenames #manitouwadge @Manitouwadge

Hastings was Baron Rawdon, Earl of Moira who became Marquess of Hastings in Sussex, England in 1817. The English name Hastings comes from an Old English word Hæstingas meaning “the followers of Hæsta”, one of the Anglo-Saxon tribes in Britain.

Hastings was named by Henry Fowlds who named the area around his grist it after Flora Muir Campbell British aristocrat Francis Rawdon-Hastings. #PinQuestON #onmuni #ontario #canada #onheritage #placenames #hastings @HastingsCounty1

The former Town of Dunnville was named for John Henry Dunn, Receiver General of Upper Canada from 1820 to 1843. The town was amalgamated as part of Haldimand County in 2001. #PinQuestON #onmuni #ontario #canada #onheritage #placenames #dunnville #haldimand @HaldimandCounty

Lesueur named it after Washington Irving’s 1822 novel “Bracebridge Hall, or the Humorists”. The novel was a series of character sketches about the occupants of a fictional English manor.

Bracebridge was originally called “North Falls” after Wilson’s Falls just outside the downtown. It was later renamed by William Dawson LeSueur, secretary of the Post Office Department 1/2 #PinQuestON #onmuni #ontario #canada #onheritage #placenames #bracebridge @townbracebridge

Photos from the state funeral in memory of the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney, 18th Prime Minister of Canada.