Viceregal eponyms in Canada

In Canada, a number of sites and structures are named for Governors General of the country, the Canadian monarch's representative in the country.

Governors and Governors General of New France (1627–1760)

Samuel de Champlain

Charles de Montmagny

Louis d'Ailleboust de Coulonge

The Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau

Vaudreuil family

The Marquis de Beauharnois

The Marquis de la Jonquière

Governors and Governors General of Canada (1760–1867)

Sir Jeffery Amherst

The Lord Dorchester

Sir Frederick Haldimand

Robert Prescott

Sir George Prevost

Sir Gordon Drummond

Sir John Coape Sherbrooke

The Duke of Richmond

The Earl of Dalhousie

Sir James Kempt

The Lord Aylmer

The Earl of Gosford

Sir John Colborne

The Lord Sydenham

Sir Charles Metcalfe

The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine

Sir Edmund Walker Head

Governors General of Canada (since 1867)

The Viscount Monck

The Lord Lisgar

The Earl of Dufferin

Marquess of Lorne

The Marquess of Lansdowne

The Lord Stanley of Preston

The Earl of Aberdeen

The Earl of Minto

The Earl Grey

The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

The Duke of Devonshire

The Lord Byng of Vimy

The Viscount Willingdon

The Earl of Bessborough

The Lord Tweedsmuir

The Earl of Athlone

The Viscount Alexander of Tunis

Vincent Massey

Georges Vanier

Roland Michener

Jules Léger

Edward Schreyer

Jeanne Sauvé

Ray Hnatyshyn

Roméo LeBlanc

Adrienne Clarkson

Michaëlle Jean

David Johnston

Julie Payette

Lieutenant governors

British Columbia

• Barnard Island and Mount Barnard – Francis Stillman Barnard
• Dewdney, Dewdney Creek, Dewdney Flats, Dewdney Island, Dewdney Peak, Dewdney Street (Vancouver), Dewdney Trail, Dewdney Trunk Road, and Mount Dewdney – Edgar Dewdney
• Lotbinière Island – Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
• Mount Trutch, Trutch Island, and Trutch Street (Vancouver) – Joseph Trutch
• Prior Island, Prior Lake, Prior Peak, and Prior Street (Vancouver) – Edward Gawler Prior

New Brunswick

• Beaubassin East – Michel Leneuf de la Vallière de Beaubassin (governor of Acadia)
• Campbellton – Sir Archibald Campbell
• Campobello Island – Lord William Campbell (governor of Nova Scotia)
• Carleton County – Thomas Carleton
• Menneval – Louis-Alexandre des Friches de Menneval (governor of Acadia)
• Mount Denys – Nicolas Denys (governor of Acadia)
• Mount DesBarres – Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres (governor of Prince Edward Island)

Newfoundland and Labrador

• Bannerman Lake, Bannerman Park (St. John's), and Bannerman River – Alexander Bannerman
• Blaketown – Henry Arthur Blake
• Byron Bay – John Byron
• Cavendish – Cavendish Boyle
• Champney's Cove and Williamsport – Ralph Champneys Williams
• Cochrane Pond – Thomas John Cochrane
• Glover Island and Glovertown – John Hawley Glover
• Hamilton Falls and Hamilton River – Charles Hamilton (now known as Churchill Falls and Churchill River)
• Mount Musgrave, Musgrave Harbour, and Musgravetown – Anthony Musgrave
• Palliser Point – Hugh Palliser
• Terrenceville – Terence O'Brien

Nova Scotia

• Belleisle – Alexandre Le Borgne de Belle-Isle (governor of Port Royal)
• CFB Cornwallis, Cornwallis River, Cornwallis Square, and Cornwallis Valley – Edward Cornwallis
• Mulgrave – George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby
• Parrsboro – John Parr
• Pereaux – François-Marie Perrot (governor of Acadia)
• Wentworth, Wentworth Creek, Wentworth Lake, and Wentworth Valley – Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet

Prince Edward Island

• DesBarres Point – Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres
• Huntley River – Henry Vere Huntley
• Murray Harbour and Murray River – James Murray (governor of Quebec)
• Tryon, Tryon Head, and Tryon River – William Tryon (governor of New York and North Carolina)

See also

• List of governors general of Canada
• Royal eponyms in Canada
• List of awards named after governors general of Canada

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