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[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's "briefly" paywalled, so a c&p or archive link would be appreciated.
Meanwhile:

Negro Creek (Ontario)

In August 1995, Grey County was implementing a civic numbering system to allow for 911 emergency telephone service, and required that each township adopt official names for all roads. Holland council decided to re-name Negro Creek Road, adopting the name Moggie Road after a 19th century white settler George Moggie who resided in Holland Township.[4]

Descendants of the original Black settlers, together with local residents, protested the name change. In January 1996, Carolynn Wilson on behalf of the descendants, filed a dispute with Holland Township to the Ontario Human Rights Commission.[4] . In an interview with The Sun Times (Owen Sound), she said, "It's a part of our history and we as descendants have no problem with the road name Negro Creek Road".[3] Descendants of the road also distributed a petition to keep the name Negro Creek road, and received upwards of 4000 signatures, including many of the residents of the road. They were further supported by the Ontario Black History Society, the Mississauga Caribbean Society, and Collingwood Township, as well as former Ontario MPP Alvin Curling and former lieutenant Governor Lincoln Alexander[5]

The dispute was settled and Holland township reversed the name change in December 1997.[5]