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Originally Posted by Laceoflight
Also, historically, the west started at the Pays-d'en-Haut, which would be all the land west and upstream of the Ottawa river. The centre of gravity of the country has shifted towards Ontario with the exponential growth of the extreme West, thus changing this old conception. Nonetheless, many people here still consider they're going West as soon as they cross the border between Abitibi and Northeastern Ontario.
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I like this. The term Pays-d'en-Haut dates back to the time of the old French and English colonies before the Seven Years War. Yes, this term was synonymous with the "west" and included northern Ontario.