Xwayxway Park (Stanley Park)

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.

No name change for Stanley Park: Stockwell Day - The Globe and Mail

.....marketing plans? T-Shirts & Bumper Stickers?

put it to a vote, i guess either that i dont really care, id vote no

Funny how Indians propose something and mayors and cabinet ministers are suddenly on board. While the public is completely taken by surprise. Secretive govt is the norm in Canada and needs repair.

It shows how Indians are govt insiders because they have contracts called treaties with the fed govt. They have superior rights to ordinary citizens in relation to govts not available to Canadians of European origin.

I vote no. I can't even pronounce the pronunciation.

Some things are worth keeping - just as they are.

and there's a surprise, no mention of those that were kicked out of the park, so that it could become a park in the first place.

a good read

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The world changes and you gotta move with it.

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Actually, DTM, I don't. Just because the 'world' decides to do something doesn't mean it is right or correct or the proper thing to do and I don't have to agree with it.

This constant changing of place names to placate some indian or honor a jock or worse a politician has got to stop. Stanley park works just fine, so does Queen Charlotte Islands and Georgia straight.
BTW does that silly little rag in Vancouver have to change its name to Salish See? maybe we should change the name of Vancouver to Gregors Folly.

Ahhhhhhh here's the crunch to the question: What's in a name?

You can change a name to be politically correct but can you change the peoples' minds from using the more common/modern one?

Lord Stanley could care less I'm sure but his name is easily spoken.

Canada's a big girl country now - honor what you have currently and stop trying to please everyone. It's a waste of money, time and enjoying the splendor of the land itself.

xwayxway is a native word for 'the guy who donated the big prize'.

I commented there by accident.