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    What province of Canada was given its name by a woman after whom that province's capital has been named?

    Question #118758. Asked by flem-ish. (Nov 16 10 9:43 AM)


    serpa

    		British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu ("Splendour without Diminishment"). Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858. In 1871, it became the sixth province of Canada.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia


    Victoria (pronounced /vɪkˈtɔəriə/) is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's southwest Pacific coast... Named after Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, Victoria is one of the oldest cities in the Pacific Northwest, with European settlement beginning in 1841.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria,_British_Columbia

    Nov 16 10, 11:33 AM
    author

    		My guess is Prince Edward Island, capital: Charlottetown.
    (Named after Queen Charlotte).

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlottetown

    Prince Edward Island is named after the son of King George III and Queen Charlotte: Prince Edward, Duke of Kent.
    But maybe my guess was wrong?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descendants_of_George_III_and_Queen_Charlotte

    Nov 16 10, 11:36 AM
    flem-ish

    		But there is a difference.As far as I understand it was not Queen Charlotte who chose the name Prince Edward Island. Or was it?

    Nov 16 10, 5:17 PM
    author

    		I think you are right. It was probably not the Queen who made this change of name.

    Quote:
    In 1798, Great Britain changed the colony's name from St. John's Island to Prince Edward Island to distinguish it from similar names in the Atlantic, such as the cities of Saint John and St. John's. The colony's new name honoured the fourth son of King George III, Prince Edward Augustus, the Duke of Kent (1767–1820), who was then commanding British troops in Halifax. Prince Edward was the father of Queen Victoria.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Prince_Edward_Island

    Nov 16 10, 9:45 PM

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