P.E.I. will begin consultations to rename ‘offensive’ Savage Harbour
Prince Edward Island’s government plans to rename Savage Harbour as part of an initiative to remove derogatory place names. Residents are being invited to suggest new names.
Prince Edward Island’s government plans to rename Savage Harbour as part of an initiative to remove derogatory place names. Residents are being invited to suggest new names.
“The Government of Prince Edward Island launched the Geographic Naming and Renaming Program in response to a national call by the Geographical Names Board of Canada to review and revise place names deemed offensive or harmful,” reads the government’s press release.
“The Geographical Naming Advisory Committee, made up of PEI residents and community representatives, will lead the process.”
Three in-person engagement sessions will be held for community members from next month through December before voting on the final new name for the community and bay.
After the community votes on a new name, the province’s Geographical Naming Advisory Committee will present it to the province for approval.
The Abegeweit First Nation asked the P.E.I. government last year to rename Savage Harbour’s wharf, which is now called Crowbush Cove Wharf Small Craft Harbour.
The P.E.I. Geographical Naming Advisory Committee was created in response to a national call by the Geographical Names Board of Canada to review and change place names deemed offensive or harmful.
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Perhaps the PEI government should first review the definition of "Savage". Nowhere in the definition is there any connotation of the word being deemed "offensive or harmful”.
sav·age/ˈsavij/
adjective
1. (of an animal or force of nature) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled. "packs of savage dogs roamed the streets"
2. (of something bad or negative) very great; severe. "the decision was a savage blow for the town"
noun
1. a brutal or vicious person. "the mother of one of the victims has described his assailants as savages"
verb
1. (especially of a dog or wild animal) attack ferociously and maul. "the ewes were savaged by marauding dogs"
Nowhere is there any indication of this word referring to any specific peoples or races. I believe that this renaming, as others that have taken place unnecessarily throughout Canada to satisfy a woke left wing agenda will have a "savage blow on the town".
Stop the madness. History cannot be erased or changed in an effort to make us feel good about ourselves. History is there to teach us those things that we do not want to repeat in the future. To think that name changes and statue defacing and destruction will change the past is short sighted and a shallow attempt to erase history. Enough.
😆…Crowbush…thats has an interesting meaning to some too..