Source Anchors for Upper Canada mapping Project

Published 2026-05-29T01:29:49Z UTC by Jacques / SPRAXXX

Source anchors for this pass: Akwesasne says the Kanienʼkehá:ka lived and thrived in the St. Lawrence River Valley long before European arrival. � Canadian Heritage gives the “kanata” origin for Canada’s name. � Dictionary of Canadian Biography notes Cartier’s “Saint-Laurent” naming trail. � Wampum Chronicles gives Kaniatarowanenneh as the Mohawk name for the St. Lawrence River Valley, but I would still treat that as requiring community confirmation before final archival status. � Gaelic Ontario is supported as a real language-literary lane by Michael Newton’s work on surviving Scottish Gaelic material connected to Glengarry, Ontario. � Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Canada biographi.ca Wampum Chronicles IRSS