Do we want to call it the Pont Samuel-de-Champlain?

Do we really want to call the new bridge the Pont Samuel-de-Champlain? This Radio-Canada piece asks the question and gives an email address and even a mailing address where you can express your thoughts.

On the one hand, we do have the Jacques-Cartier, and it’s always been called that (except for its first four years, when it was known as the Harbour Bridge, but it was renamed in 1934 so there can’t be too many people who remember using the old name). On the other we’ve always had just the Champlain, so it would feel natural to transfer the name to the new bridge.

We have the Mercier and the Victoria, which get by just fine with single names – but that’s balanced by the Louis-Hippolyte-Lafontaine tunnel with its triple-barreled title.

I don’t have any strong feelings about this one. What do we think?