Into the Night
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Then why do you want me to read your post over and over, Tball?
...and your point...?
...and your point...?
RQAA
Lake Ontario is not named after the province
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As you can see by the top link, I specified @Uncensored2008 twice, though once by nickname. I also provided a link to his quote.
I can not speak for you, but I am did not learn most of what I know pre-school.
Into the Night
Contributor
You didn't in that post, Wally. You just said 'censored', which is not a person.
Into the Night
Contributor
You must've been taught in a learing center.
Illiteracy: Triple verb.
Obviously you know very little, Wally. I guess you never learned anything anywhere.
I did, and am once again going to prove it to you. If you refuse to listen, I am moving on.
Below is a link to where I quoted Censored with a link.
Clearly it is written that "Uncensored2008 said:", so you know who said it. If you are unsure if I really said it, you can click on the up arrow next to "Walt said:". If you are unsure if Censored really said it, you can click on the arrow next than "Uncensored2008 said:"
Into the Night
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DON'T TRY TO DENY YOUR OWN POSTS, WALLY!
"We"?
gfm7175
Jesus is LORD!
Nope. It was officially Denali for about 10 years.
It's officially been McKinley for well over 100 years.
You know....Sybil???
He might have a live gerbil up his ass that's he's "speaking for".
Was Mt. McKinley officially called Denali "for centuries"?
No. It was known by related Koyukon Athabascan names in oral tradition for a very long time, but it was not officially called Denali for centuries.
The Koyukon name is Deenaalee (“the high one” or “the tall one”). Related Athabascan groups used similar descriptive names meaning “the tall one” or “big mountain.” Linguists note that such place-name traditions in the language family are ancient, and some sources describe use going back many generations or even thousands of years in oral history. That is traditional usage among specific Native groups, not a single standardized official name recognized by governments or appearing on maps.
Official naming timeline
- Early European records used other names: George Vancouver (1794) described “stupendous snow mountains”; Russian explorers recorded “Tenada” (1834) and “Bolshaya Gora” (“big mountain”).
- Late 19th-century English names included Densmore’s Mountain/Peak.
- A prospector, William Dickey, applied “Mount McKinley” in 1896 after then-presidential candidate William McKinley; it appeared in an 1897 New York Sun article and spread.
- The U.S. government made Mount McKinley the official federal name in 1917 when Congress established Mount McKinley National Park. That name stayed on federal maps and documents until 2015.
- Alaska made Denali official at the state level in 1975 and petitioned the federal Board on Geographic Names; Ohio’s congressional delegation blocked the change for decades.
- The park was renamed Denali National Park and Preserve in 1980, but the mountain itself remained Mount McKinley federally.
- Interior Secretary Sally Jewell changed the federal name to Denali in 2015. The 2015 announcement used phrasing like “known as Denali for generations/centuries,” which referred to traditional Native and Alaskan usage, not prior official status.
- In 2025 the name was changed back to Mount McKinley by executive order.
“Officially” means government recognition on maps, statutes, and federal records. By that standard, Denali was official in Alaska from 1975 and federally only from 2015 to 2025. The McKinley name was the U.S. official designation for nearly a century. Traditional Native names long predate both, but they were not “official” names in the governmental sense for centuries.
Mt. McKinley Official Name History | Shared Grok Conversation
Was Mt. McKinley officially called Denali "for centuries"?
grok.com
Citation?
Stop asking Google where the next drag queen show is near you and use it for something useful. Report back.
Tbird19482
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From what this says it was the Iroquois that named it and that makes sense.
https://www.bing.com/search?q=what+...&refig=748ed3ad29e14b6db5721fed8845ae92&pc=HC
Lake Ontario’s name comes from an Iroquoian word — oniatarí:io (also recorded as kanadario or Ontarí'io) — meaning “lake of shining waters” or “sparkling water”
. This term was used by Indigenous peoples long before European colonization, and it predates the creation of the Canadian province of Ontario by centuries
The lake’s name was adopted by early French explorers in the 17th century, appearing on maps as early as 1641 and 1656
. The Iroquoian peoples who lived in the region, including the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) and related groups, were the original stewards of the lake’s waters and surrounding lands
. The Huron–Wendat Nation, part of the Iroquoian linguistic family, also inhabited parts of the lake’s shores in the 17th century
while the name “Lake Ontario” is now associated with the Canadian province, it was not named after the province — the province adopted the name much later, in 1867
. The original name was given by Indigenous peoples, reflecting their deep connection to the lake’s waters and their role as its long-time caretakers
Which is exactly what I said. Named by native Canadians.
Tbird19482
Verified User
If that is what you said I am sure I did NOT disagree with you.
So what IS your point?
They were not Canadians.