On Franquelin’s map, you see, there is a body of water labelled “Tarontos Lac,” and it is pretty obviously Lake Simcoe. By the time of Franquelin, “Tkaronto” had already become “Taronto,” a generic name for the highway between Lake Simcoe and Lake Ontario. Simcoe dubbed Toronto “York” just because he was sucking up to a very identifiable future boss, and for no other reason. Meanwhile, one notices — or fails to notice — that poor London, Ontario, stuck loyally by its own Simcoe-given name. You cannot even mention “London, Ontario” outside southeast Ontario without having to specify that it is (at best!)

Source: National Post October 16, 2018 13:18 UTC