New name for Stanley Park?

[Howaboutthat]

Ottawa has stepped in and nipped this in the bud real quick!


Despite some support for suggestion to rename park after former native village, federal minister says it will keep the name for which it is internationally knownVancouver

From Tuesday's Globe and Mail

Published on Monday, Jul. 05, 2010 7:23PM EDT


.The federal government has no intention of changing the name of Vancouver’s iconic Stanley Park, cabinet minister Stockwell Day told reporters Monday.

“Stanley Park is a park that’s rich in history, and rich in heritage,” said Mr. Day, adding that the park was known and loved to people from B.C. and around the world.

“It was designated as a park well over a hundred years ago by the governor-general of the day, Lord Stanley. And it is our intention to maintain the name as Stanley Park, respecting and reflecting on a wonderful heritage going back for hundreds and hundreds of years – our aboriginal peoples and those immigrants who settled here later and have continued to enjoy the park.”

At the opening of an aboriginal-themed village site in Stanley Park last month, a native elder suggested renaming the park Xwayxway – pronounced kwhy-kway – which was the name of a native village at the current site of Lumberman’s Arch in the northeastern part of the park.

The concept garnered some support, with some politicians suggesting the park could be known by both names. Ian Campbell, a hereditary chief and councillor with the Squamish First Nation, said he would pursue a formal proposal. And tourism groups said it would be possible to build marketing plans around the new name.

The idea also gained support as a way of acknowledging aboriginal culture and history. In B.C., residents could look to the example of Haida Gwaii, formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands. And the Salish Sea is now used as a name of waters also known as the Strait of Georgia, Puget Sound and the Juan de Fuca Strait.

But Mr. Day said the park, a 400-hectare site on the edge of downtown Vancouver, is known internationally by its current name and that the name would stand. The federal government owns the park, but the city has a 99-year federal lease that was rolled over two years ago.

“We will continue to appreciate the beauty and all it has to offer – it will continue to be one of Canada’s jewels, as far as national historic park designations go,” he said.

The site where Mr. Day spoke to reporters, near a statue of Lord Stanley, whom the park is named after, is a short walk from the recently opened Klahowya Village, which features aboriginal-themed entertainment and attractions and will run until September.

[Destro]

Howaboutthat, calm down. Great Bear Rain forest sounds way better than "central coast." Spirit Bear over Kermode and Haida Gwaii... because that is who lives there. You don't.

as for the train... it s a tourist trap... they can call it whatever puts buts in the seats. Maybe they've done research and people that visit Vancouver want some culture... you know, other than a Milestones and beer-pong.

[Howaboutthat]

Howaboutthat, calm down. Great Bear Rain forest sounds way better than "central coast." Spirit Bear over Kermode and Haida Gwaii... because that is who lives there. You don't.

Bzzzzzz... wrong. Do not pass go, do not collect 200 dollars.

I lived on the North Coast for a number of years, and experienced the 'Spirit Bear' in its natural habitat... the local garbage dumps. The white bears are not limited to a certain island/area as some environmentalists would have you believe... they're everywhere and just as much a scavenger as their black cousins.
Don't be afraid of research.

[mightymouth]

as for the train... it s a tourist trap... they can call it whatever puts buts in the seats.

Do you mean butts?
Or but, but, but, but ????

[Coolcat]

Isnt the FN name for Canada Kanata?
I guess that is next.

[Destro]

Howaboutthat, calm down. Great Bear Rain forest sounds way better than "central coast." Spirit Bear over Kermode and Haida Gwaii... because that is who lives there. You don't.

Bzzzzzz... wrong. Do not pass go, do not collect 200 dollars.

I lived on the North Coast for a number of years, and experienced the 'Spirit Bear' in its natural habitat... the local garbage dumps. The white bears are not limited to a certain island/area as some environmentalists would have you believe... they're everywhere and just as much a scavenger as their black cousins.
Don't be afraid of research.

wrong about what?... Spirit Bear sounds better than Kermode (some old dead white guy). They wouldn't be in garbage dumps if you didn't put one there. Its not the bear's fault.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermode_bear ... I know its wikipedia, but they sound kinda unique and interesting to me.

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the point is... names change. Image being old time native guy rocking your Island for 10,000 years and some dude pulls up in his steamer bristling with canons and tells YOU what your home is called?

[Jack Bennest]

Gotta love that Stockwell Day!!

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I am waiting for the day that BC is thought to be too British and we have a contest and Khanistan is picked as the winning name.

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The Kermode bear was named after Francis Kermode, former director of the Royal B.C. Museum,

[hagopian]

Then let's put up those nice Billboards like you did on Burrard. Give me a freaking break.