Did you know?

Some of the Royal Canadian Navy’s best warships over the years were named in honour of First Nations peoples. Proud vessels like HMCS Haida and Huron served during the Second World War and again in the Korean War. In fact, for many years our navy relied heavily on what were called the “Tribal Class” destroyers, which also included ships called HMCS Iroquois and Algonquin. We even had submarines called HMCS Ojibwa, Okanagan and Onondaga— more names with strong Indigenous connections. When you are proud of something, you want to give it a really special name, after all!