Map Week: Canada Was Almost Named “Borealia”

01/05/2025 3 min

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Episode Synopsis

This week we're replaying some of our favorite episodes about maps and geography. In this episode from July 2020, the story of how Canada got its name, and a few of the country's most interesting alternates. Plus: several Canadian Tire stores in Ontario had to briefly shut down because a glitch made every item the workers scanned show up in the computer as a Mr. Potato Head toy. What Canada was ALMOST named (CBC Kids)Canadian Tire in Lindsay temporarily closed after every item scanned comes up as “Mr Potato Head” (Kawartha411)Join us as a backer on Patreon for just $1 a month! Or, if you like, just C$1 a month! Photo by Zombie Leah via Flickr/Creative Commons

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