
TORONTO, ON - May 28th, 2015 - Tania Henley, Senior Services Specialist at the Toronto Reference Library examines a map from 1626, one of the oldest mentions of the word ’Canada’. PHOTOGRAPH BY ANDREW TOLSON
Being Canadian
What it feels like to examine one of the earliest maps to use the word ’Canada’
Canadian cartography buffs live for an opportunity like this. You’re invited into the hidden room in the Toronto Reference Library that houses one of the first maps to use the word ‘Canada.’