Halifax’s Cornwallis Street renaming shortlist down to 15 choices
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Among the choices to replace Cornwallis Street are Rocky Jones Street, Nora Bernard Street, Dr. Alfred Waddell Street, Freedom Way, L'nu Street and Pride Street.
The shortlist of new names for Halifax’s Cornwallis Street has been whittled down to 15, and residents are being invited to have their say.
Among the choices are Rocky Jones Street, Nora Bernard Street, Dr. Alfred Waddell Street, Freedom Way, L’nu Street and Pride Street.
The municipality received more than 3,300 new name suggestions for the north-end street from the first survey, which was held during the fall of 2021.
This second survey will be open until Sept. 6.
The renaming project is among the recommendations of the Task Force on the Commemoration of Edward Cornwallis and the Recognition and Commemoration of Indigenous History.
Cornwallis was governor of Nova Scotia in 1749 when he issued an infamous reward for Mi’kmaw scalps, prompting calls — centuries later — for his name to be removed from schools, rivers, streets, parks and monuments.
In 2012, Cornwallis Junior High School became Halifax Central Junior High.
Cornwallis Street Baptist Church was renamed New Horizons Baptist Church in 2018.