New Brunswick officially renames five locations with ‘Negro’ in their names
SAINT JOHN, N.B. — New Brunswick has officially replaced five place names in the Saint John area that use the anachronistic word Negro.
The province announced that Negro Lake in Grand Bay-Westfield will be called Corankapone Lake in honour of Richard Wheeler, whose African name was Corankapone.
The New Brunswick Black History society’s Ralph Thomas says this man brought other members of the black community in Westfield to Sierra Leone in search of a better life.
Negro Point in Saint John is being renamed Hodges Point, after the Hodges family who were black loyalists, while Negro Head will become Lorneville Head.