Happy Canada Day!
I just wanted to drop a line to all my Canuk pals and wish them a happy Canada Day.
What is Canada Day you ask? I mean, they never really had a big war for independence like the States did. Well Canada Day marks the date at which the colonies of Canada formed a dominion back in 1867.
Yeah, I know , not quite as exciting and rebellious as the American founding fathers rellenting their loyalty to the Queen by dumping out tea, or hooking up with the natives, but you know … they politely withdrew from English reign a few years later.
In hommage of this great day, I thought I would research where the name “Canada” comes from.
oh here, I’ll just copy it straight from Wikipedia 
The name Canada comes from a St. Lawrence Iroquoian word meaning “village” or “settlement.” In 1535, inhabitants of the present-day Quebec City region used the word to direct explorer Jacques Cartier towards the village of Stadacona. Cartier used the word ‘Canada’ to refer to not only that village, but the entire area subject to Donnacona, Chief at Stadacona. By 1545, European books and maps began referring to this region as Canada.
