Popular Cities in Canada. Top cities in Canada, page 1, based on popularity among TravBuddy members. French and English, European and North American: Montreal is a city full of eclectic influences. Niagara Falls is a Canadian city on the Niagara River in the Golden Horseshoe region of south-central Ontario. Victoria, British Columbia.
The state of Virginia is named after Queen Elizabeth I of England who was known as the Virgin Queen because she did not take a consort. + 29 others found this useful.
In 1585, after a small scouting expedition had returned from North America with two Native Americans and many astonishing stories, Sir Walter Raleigh tried to establish a colony called Roanoke in the land which the British named Virginia, in honor of Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen.