# Why does Canada's Lake Erie coast have so little population? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 26, 2023, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-canadas-lake-erie-coast-have-so-little-population/992108 "2023-10-26T01:02:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-canadas-lake-erie-coast-have-so-little-population/992108/81 "2023-10-30T17:25:58Z")
Very interesting discussion. Hadn’t noticed, or thought about, this before. > [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > … > ETA: just by way of historical detail, one of Sir Alan’s descendants is now the Queen of the United Kingdom and Canada. You mean King? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-canadas-lake-erie-coast-have-so-little-population/992108/82 "2023-10-30T18:03:02Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > You don’t think that also happened in Canada? In 1834, Toronto was incorporated, with a population of 9,000 folks. Not huge by today’s standards, but pretty damn big 200 years ago. To be clear for those who might get confused, of course Toronto was founded a LONG time before 1834. That’s just when its current incorporation started, and when they changed the name back to Toronto. Simcoe changed it to York in 1793 because he didn’t like aboriginal names for things, but the locals never liked “York” so it was changed back. Oddly, the word “Toronto” came from a place near Orillia. I am not sure, historically, why the name came to be applied to a city that today is two hour drive away and back then would have been a significantly longer trip. It would be like if they’d named Chicago after a place in Peoria. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-canadas-lake-erie-coast-have-so-little-population/992108/83 "2023-10-30T18:42:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > You mean King? Let’s not forget said king has a wife, who is queen. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-canadas-lake-erie-coast-have-so-little-population/992108/84 "2023-10-30T18:57:08Z")
That’s correct. > The couple’s elder daughter, Sophia, was born at Hamilton. She married at Dundurn Castle, Hamilton, on 15 November 1855, [William Keppel, Viscount Bury](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Keppel,_7th_Earl_of_Albemarle), afterwards the 7th [Earl of Albemarle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Albemarle), who died in 1894. Sophia was the mother of [Arnold Keppel, 8th Earl of Albemarle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Keppel,_8th_Earl_of_Albemarle) (born in London, England, 1 June 1858), and of eight other children. One of her sons, the Honourable [Derek Keppel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Keppel), served as Equerry to [The Duke of York](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_V) after 1893 and was in Canada with His Royal Highness, in 1901 at 53 Lowndes Square, London, S. W., England.[[31]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_MacNab#cite_note-31) Another of her sons was married to [Alice Keppel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Keppel), a mistress of [Edward VII](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VII), and great-grandmother of [Queen Camilla](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Camilla), wife of [Charles III](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_III). ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-canadas-lake-erie-coast-have-so-little-population/992108/85 "2023-10-30T19:59:44Z")
Ah, I see. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-canadas-lake-erie-coast-have-so-little-population/992108/86 "2023-10-31T00:32:31Z")
My “Central Canada” includes Manitoba^. But I haven’t asked them how they feel about that. I did have some great physician mentors out East who never tired of referring to me as an “Upper Canadian”, being from Ontario, which I found very amusing. ^ Although the Interwebz and Wikipedia apparently disagree with my view. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-canadas-lake-erie-coast-have-so-little-population/992108.md?page=4)