“the great lake”

The lake had a name long before it had a date. We put both on the shirt. Printed and shipped from Mississauga, on the north shore.

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Ontarí'io

From the Wendat yǫtáreʔ — lake — and 'io — great. The Kanien'kéha form is Kaniatarí:io. Europeans first wrote “Ontario” onto the lake in the 1600s. The name they were writing down was already old.

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