I'm from Toronto, a Canadian city on the shores of Lake Ontario. The name of the lake and province comes from the Wendat word Ontarí'io, meaning great or beautiful lake. And it is!
August 27, 2026 at 8:23 PM
I'm from Toronto, a Canadian city on the shores of Lake Ontario. The name of the lake and province comes from the Wendat word Ontarí'io, meaning great or beautiful lake. And it is!
You know what this #LakeAmerica thing actually is? It’s Indigenous erasure. Ontari’io is a Wendat name. The Wendat suffered colonial displacement and erasure, as all our nations have.
Your ignorant jokes are just furthering and normalizing erasure.
Your ignorant jokes are just furthering and normalizing erasure.
The renaming jokes are really grating on me. You think it’s funny to suggest slandering a politician via geographic feature, but I’m sitting here, Indigenous and sick to my stomach about all the colonialism on display. Land and Water are relatives. Kin.
This shit is so disrespectful.
This shit is so disrespectful.
August 28, 2026 at 2:30 PM
You know what this #LakeAmerica thing actually is? It’s Indigenous erasure. Ontari’io is a Wendat name. The Wendat suffered colonial displacement and erasure, as all our nations have.
Your ignorant jokes are just furthering and normalizing erasure.
Your ignorant jokes are just furthering and normalizing erasure.
Carney: “They built nations, trading networks, and systems of governance that spanned the entire continent. The Haudenosaunee, the Anishinaabe, the Wendat, and the Innu shaped this land and were shaped by it.”
January 22, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Carney: “They built nations, trading networks, and systems of governance that spanned the entire continent. The Haudenosaunee, the Anishinaabe, the Wendat, and the Innu shaped this land and were shaped by it.”
Ils deviennent officiellement les Wendat
La Nation des Hurons-Wendat change son nom
Les Hurons-Wendat, nation située à Wendake, dans la région de Québec, ont décidé de se départir du mot Huron.
www.tvanouvelles.ca
April 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Ils deviennent officiellement les Wendat
Canadian PM Mark Carney: “The name Lake Ontario comes from the Wendat word Ontari’io, which, appropriately, means “the lake is beautiful, the lake is big”.
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August 27, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Canadian PM Mark Carney: “The name Lake Ontario comes from the Wendat word Ontari’io, which, appropriately, means “the lake is beautiful, the lake is big”.
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Les Hurons-Wendat deviennent officiellement les Wendat ! 🎉🎈👍
La Nation des Hurons-Wendat change son nom
Les Hurons-Wendat, nation située à Wendake dans la région de Québec, ont décidé de se départir du mot «Huron».
www.journaldequebec.com
April 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Les Hurons-Wendat deviennent officiellement les Wendat ! 🎉🎈👍
From the Grand Chief of Wendake, Canada's only Wendat First Nation:
"We would like to emphasize that the name “Ontario” originates from the Wendat language. Written “Ontarïio’” according to our standardized spelling, it means “the lake is beautiful, great.”"
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"We would like to emphasize that the name “Ontario” originates from the Wendat language. Written “Ontarïio’” according to our standardized spelling, it means “the lake is beautiful, great.”"
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August 27, 2026 at 6:03 PM
From the Grand Chief of Wendake, Canada's only Wendat First Nation:
"We would like to emphasize that the name “Ontario” originates from the Wendat language. Written “Ontarïio’” according to our standardized spelling, it means “the lake is beautiful, great.”"
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"We would like to emphasize that the name “Ontario” originates from the Wendat language. Written “Ontarïio’” according to our standardized spelling, it means “the lake is beautiful, great.”"
www.facebook.com/pierrepicard...
The name Lake Ontario comes from the Wendat word Ontari’io
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August 28, 2026 at 12:30 AM
The name Lake Ontario comes from the Wendat word Ontari’io
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“Ontario” comes from the Wendat word Ontari'io and is more than 400 years old. Does Trump really want to piss off the Wendat? I mean, not that I imagine it’s any fun scalping a guy who’s wearing a hairpiece...
August 27, 2026 at 9:48 PM
“Ontario” comes from the Wendat word Ontari'io and is more than 400 years old. Does Trump really want to piss off the Wendat? I mean, not that I imagine it’s any fun scalping a guy who’s wearing a hairpiece...
Wake up, babe. The Prime Minister just dropped “hydronym”.
August 27, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Wake up, babe. The Prime Minister just dropped “hydronym”.
Ngl it’s pretty funny that Trump could honor the Wendat by calling it the “Big, Beautiful Lake”
August 27, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Ngl it’s pretty funny that Trump could honor the Wendat by calling it the “Big, Beautiful Lake”
A Wendat wampum belt of peace and friendship from c.1600, which the Wendat carried for hundreds of years, including during their removal from the Great Lakes to Kansas in the 1840s.
March 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A Wendat wampum belt of peace and friendship from c.1600, which the Wendat carried for hundreds of years, including during their removal from the Great Lakes to Kansas in the 1840s.
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Opening Statement We acknowledge that the City of Kingston is situated on traditional Anishinabek (Ah- nish-in-ah-bay), Haudenosaunee (Ho-den-o-show-nee) and Huron-Wendat (huron-wen·dat) territory and...
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January 20, 2026 at 4:22 PM
IMPORTANT CITY PLANNING JOB NOTICE! I’ve been advising the City of Kingston, Canada since early 2018, & they’ve been one of my favourite clients ever. Great people! The work has been truly transformative, in both professional content, & culture!
Now they’re hiring a new Director of City Planning!
Now they’re hiring a new Director of City Planning!
The Wendat - Anti-Authoritarian Community
The traditional Wendat social structure is egalitarian and arguably matriarchal. In 1644, Father Lallemant wrote of the Wendat: "I do not believe that there is any people on earth freer than they …”
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The traditional Wendat social structure is egalitarian and arguably matriarchal. In 1644, Father Lallemant wrote of the Wendat: "I do not believe that there is any people on earth freer than they …”
anarwiki.org/wiki/Wendat #anarchism #community
January 11, 2026 at 7:03 AM
The Wendat - Anti-Authoritarian Community
The traditional Wendat social structure is egalitarian and arguably matriarchal. In 1644, Father Lallemant wrote of the Wendat: "I do not believe that there is any people on earth freer than they …”
anarwiki.org/wiki/Wendat #anarchism #community
The traditional Wendat social structure is egalitarian and arguably matriarchal. In 1644, Father Lallemant wrote of the Wendat: "I do not believe that there is any people on earth freer than they …”
anarwiki.org/wiki/Wendat #anarchism #community
“Ontario” is a Wendat word for beautiful water. The lake had that name long before Canada, the US, or Amerigo Fucken Vespucci were even out here. I don’t think she cares what this flapping neck says, he’ll be gone in a blink and she’ll still be here.
Donald Trump escalated his confrontation with Ottawa, ordering his government to 'immediately' change the name of Lake Ontario, which sits between Canada and the US, to 'Lake America'. ft.trib.al/0OevWwN
August 28, 2026 at 2:21 AM
“Ontario” is a Wendat word for beautiful water. The lake had that name long before Canada, the US, or Amerigo Fucken Vespucci were even out here. I don’t think she cares what this flapping neck says, he’ll be gone in a blink and she’ll still be here.
Ontarí'io, which means "lake of shining waters", comes from the Huron-Wendat nation.
It is the name of the natives gave the area.
Canada adopted it from them
Ontario is not a English word
to erase Lake Ontario’s name is to again erase more native history
AGAIN 🙄🙄🙄
It is the name of the natives gave the area.
Canada adopted it from them
Ontario is not a English word
to erase Lake Ontario’s name is to again erase more native history
AGAIN 🙄🙄🙄
August 27, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Ontarí'io, which means "lake of shining waters", comes from the Huron-Wendat nation.
It is the name of the natives gave the area.
Canada adopted it from them
Ontario is not a English word
to erase Lake Ontario’s name is to again erase more native history
AGAIN 🙄🙄🙄
It is the name of the natives gave the area.
Canada adopted it from them
Ontario is not a English word
to erase Lake Ontario’s name is to again erase more native history
AGAIN 🙄🙄🙄
#Wendat “Huron” word of the day!
Wendat Ontarïioʼ [õˈtäɻijoʔ] ‘(it’s a) grand lake, Lake Ontario’
(*i)-ontar-ïio-ʼ
ꜰ/ᴢ.sɢ.ᴀɢᴛ-lake-be.grand-sᴛᴀᴛ
Wendat Ontarïioʼ [õˈtäɻijoʔ] ‘(it’s a) grand lake, Lake Ontario’
(*i)-ontar-ïio-ʼ
ꜰ/ᴢ.sɢ.ᴀɢᴛ-lake-be.grand-sᴛᴀᴛ
Winter has its own beauty ❄️💙
Lake Ontario,Toronto.
Lake Ontario,Toronto.
March 5, 2025 at 1:30 AM
#Wendat “Huron” word of the day!
Wendat Ontarïioʼ [õˈtäɻijoʔ] ‘(it’s a) grand lake, Lake Ontario’
(*i)-ontar-ïio-ʼ
ꜰ/ᴢ.sɢ.ᴀɢᴛ-lake-be.grand-sᴛᴀᴛ
Wendat Ontarïioʼ [õˈtäɻijoʔ] ‘(it’s a) grand lake, Lake Ontario’
(*i)-ontar-ïio-ʼ
ꜰ/ᴢ.sɢ.ᴀɢᴛ-lake-be.grand-sᴛᴀᴛ
Ontarí'io, which means "lake of shining waters", comes from the Huron-Wendat nation.
The province was named after the lake, not the other way around. It's gross Donald is trying to erase Indigenous history.
The province was named after the lake, not the other way around. It's gross Donald is trying to erase Indigenous history.
August 27, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Ontarí'io, which means "lake of shining waters", comes from the Huron-Wendat nation.
The province was named after the lake, not the other way around. It's gross Donald is trying to erase Indigenous history.
The province was named after the lake, not the other way around. It's gross Donald is trying to erase Indigenous history.
Here's how "duty to consult" usually plays out. Just imagine how it will go with oil projects.
www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...
www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...
Supreme Court dismisses Wendat Nation call to halt wind project
The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed a demand by the Wendat Nation to halt a wind-farm on land the Nation claims as ancestral.
www.aptnnews.ca
July 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Here's how "duty to consult" usually plays out. Just imagine how it will go with oil projects.
www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...
www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...
Heading to bed 💤 early off this site to read my book on Seattle grunge and I leave you with some beautiful examples of Huron-Wendat moose hair embroidery
August 1, 2024 at 1:14 AM
Heading to bed 💤 early off this site to read my book on Seattle grunge and I leave you with some beautiful examples of Huron-Wendat moose hair embroidery
The Great Lakes Indigenous names as derived:
Superior: Gichigami (Ojibwe, "Big Water")
Michigan: Mishigami (Ojibwe, "Large Lake")
Huron: Owentarek (Wendat, "Great Lake")
Erie: Erige (Erie, "Cat/Cougar")
Ontario: Ontarí’io (Huron, "Beautiful Lake")
project.geo.msu.edu/geogmich/pal...
Superior: Gichigami (Ojibwe, "Big Water")
Michigan: Mishigami (Ojibwe, "Large Lake")
Huron: Owentarek (Wendat, "Great Lake")
Erie: Erige (Erie, "Cat/Cougar")
Ontario: Ontarí’io (Huron, "Beautiful Lake")
project.geo.msu.edu/geogmich/pal...
August 29, 2026 at 7:55 PM
The Great Lakes Indigenous names as derived:
Superior: Gichigami (Ojibwe, "Big Water")
Michigan: Mishigami (Ojibwe, "Large Lake")
Huron: Owentarek (Wendat, "Great Lake")
Erie: Erige (Erie, "Cat/Cougar")
Ontario: Ontarí’io (Huron, "Beautiful Lake")
project.geo.msu.edu/geogmich/pal...
Superior: Gichigami (Ojibwe, "Big Water")
Michigan: Mishigami (Ojibwe, "Large Lake")
Huron: Owentarek (Wendat, "Great Lake")
Erie: Erige (Erie, "Cat/Cougar")
Ontario: Ontarí’io (Huron, "Beautiful Lake")
project.geo.msu.edu/geogmich/pal...
Fun fact: "Ontario" derives from a Wendat word (Ontarí:io) meaning "beautiful lake" or "great lake".
#CallItByItsName
#CallItByItsName
August 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Fun fact: "Ontario" derives from a Wendat word (Ontarí:io) meaning "beautiful lake" or "great lake".
#CallItByItsName
#CallItByItsName