They spent some time trying to figure out what to name this newly-discovered land, but they came up with nothing. So they took a bag and put pieces of paper with letters written on them and took turns picking them from the bag. The first explorer picked one, "C, eh?" The second, "N, ...
How Canada was named
In the year 1534, there were 3 explorers who discovered a great piece of land. They had no idea what to name it. So they each decided to pick a letter out of a hat, and go from there.
The first explorer picked the letter C.
"C, eh?" He said
The second picked the letter N. ...
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