DRYDEN, Ont. — City council in Dryden has taken the final step toward renaming Colonization Avenue.
Councillors passed a bylaw on Monday night to change Colonization Road North to Boozhoo Avenue and Colonization Road South to Memorial Avenue.
Boozhoo is Ojibway for "welcome".
The new names were chosen by a committee comprised of five city officials and five Indigenous people.
It received hundreds of suggestions from local residents.
Mayor Greg Wilson said "We all have a role in positively influencing the relationships of everyone residing in our part of Northwestern Ontario, and this street name change is symbolic of our mutual desire to live in peace and harmony."
A renaming ceremony will be held on June 21, coinciding with National Indigenous Peoples' Day celebrations.
