Dryden chooses new names for Colonization Avenue – Fort Frances Times
Goodbye Colonization, hello Boozhoo and Memorial Avenues. Like other municipalities in northwestern Ontario including Fort Frances, Dryden is also grappling with the history and negative connotations behind the term colonization and featuring it as a prominent roadway name within the community. Now, thanks to work done by the city and the Dryden Working Circle Committee, along with input from emergency first responders, the town has chosen new names for the pair of roads, aiming to replace Colonization Ave. N with Boozhoo Ave. and Colonization Ave. S with Memorial Ave. The two names were narr...
Source: fftimes.com