Quote Originally Posted by The Summoner of Leviathan
I have a vague memory of my teacher in Canadian History saying where they got Québec from, though I can no longer remember, perhaps from a Native American word...*looks it up* I am so used to the word that I find it quite natural.

Found it, for anyone who cares: "Algonquin word meaning "strait" or 'narrowing'"
Source: Wikipedia: Quebec
It's a lot less silly now that I know it's Native and not French.

Ah well, still silly.

Cape Disappointment.