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Just added to db, thanks!

You're most welcome! Glad I could help :D Yep going back and forth to them with motor launches should have been quite a job... and many of them were up hills or however higher than the sea level, so double the effort. As for the database, no worries, in addition to what I'm editing (I'm on Thetis 18...

Sure thing! They're all three pretty close to King Cove Harbor... all in the same 1983 map on topoview. I've added them all (Can, Huf and Hit) both to geonames and our database: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53453128040_3245740088_b.jpg Positions: Hit 55.05436, -162.32968 Can 55.0494, -162.304...

Yeah, its not so likely other ships will ever address them... use your own judgement, nothing is mandatory and place names have precedence over triangulation points, beacons and buoys, i don't mind working them out if needed, and adding them to geonames and our database once we find them. The Low wa...

Oh that makes more sense... from the very first page we know they're anchored in Thinpoint (or Thin Point) Cove (54.97833, -162.65252), about 50 km east of False Pass, Isanotski Strait and Traders Cove, when they reference Low triangulation point. And the point is in fact still there on the western ...

I'm in no rush :D Not your fault for the Low triangulation point... it must have been removed at some point. USGS maps of the area are not great, and triangulation points are shown only on 1989-1995 maps (and have been removed, probably because they're anachronistic now that we have gps, from 2020 m...

USRC Thetis ( 31 August 1899 ) 12.20 placed Frank P. Carter in simple irons in solitary confinement on bread and water for striking the Boatswain while both were on berth deck, and attempting to strike him with the irons, and making a murderous threat against the Boatswain in the presence of the Com...

Triangulation Points are usually found in all USGS maps post WW2 (you can find all of them in USGS Topoview ). The good thing is they're very rarely moved around once they're placed, so they can be used, with a grain of salt of course, even when dealing with older logs. I think we've placed a few in...

Hey no worries for that! The name on the log and an a geonames link are more than enough! I'm always keen on digging up further info and pinpointing the place before adding to the database :D I Always double check to keep our info are accurate to our best effort... and nine times on ten geonames has...

That's pretty interesting... the Cold Bay was pretty uncharted up to at least 1917 ( 1912 map , 1917 map ) and was fully surveyed in this 1925 map . The point is already named Kaslokan in 1925. I'm still trying to find out something in between 1917 and 1925, Kaslokan Point would indeed seem to be a ...

Just added to the database, thanks Gordon!

Just added to db, thanks!

It's still active nowadays: https://fishing-app.gpsnauticalcharts.com/i-boating-fishing-web-app/fishing-marine-charts-navigation.html#18.52/50.38449/-125.82725 And it's practically on the point. On google it's totally covered by trees, but it's indistinctly visible (you need to know there's a beacon...

Thanks Stuart!

(I've added Departure Point as an alternate name to Plumb Point)

Thank YOU for contributing so much to the Geographical Help Board!
Putting all pieces together and filling the gaps is a big part of the fun

It really depends on the map... All maps were corrected (usually yearly), but smaller issues as this one tend to carry over for decades... the 1919 map i linked could have been used for years, with the Pt hidden in the sand banks. Someone looking at it in a hurry would easily forget to put the Pt in...

Possibly the loogkeeper didn't read Pt on the map... if the map was this one it's pretty probable, i did read Lockwood Rock as well at first glance :D We had the buoy as "Wrangell Narrows Channel Buoy 1" in the db, added an alternate name to it and to geonames as well. The buoy has been co...

It seems NHN is up and running again