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Old 1st March 2009 | 00:07
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ScudRunner08
 
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lol had not heard he tried to do that! (im young) that just makes it all the better

The one that really got me pissed off was trying to rename Mt Logan (Canada's Highest Peak 19551 ft or 5959m) Mt Trudeau, There's thousands of unnamed mountains in this country pick one in a region he didn't screw over or give the finger to.
Not many know that Logan was the Surveyor General of Canada and is responsible for mapping most of western Canada, don't take an honour away from a guy who I believe deserves it. I use to do tours up there and people would ask "isn't it called Mt Trudeau now?" So the plane ride would turn into a spectacular tour of Kluane National Park and a lesson in sources and trends of Western Canadian Alienation.

Another one is the Saskatoon Airport being named after Diefenbaker, probably the one guy who caused the most harm to Canadian Aviation and he gets an Airport named after him only in Canada
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