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Canadian Place Names -- Discussion
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 4:47 pm
by Matteo
In general, if you are looking for place names or for maps and other useful references, you should go to
Canadian Place Names -- Reference.
You can use this topic to search for information that has not yet been added to the Reference topic.
You can also use this topic to ask for help with reading a Canadian place name or locating the place.
Give us a link to the log page(s) where it is mentioned and tell us approximately where it occurs on the page(s).
Note: Place names include lighthouses.
If you have information about a place name or find a useful reference, please help everyone by contributing it to this topic.
When contributing place names, try to provide as many of the following as possible:
- Name in log
- Latitude and Longitude (preferably in decimal format with a minimum of one decimal place - four decimal places is the preferred format)
- Province
- Current name (if different)
- Link to more information
- Also, in case of problems, a link to the log page(s) where it is mentioned would be helpful
Don't worry if you can't supply all the information. Your link to the page will enable others to search for the missing information.
(You can save us even more work by using the
template provided, but that is strictly optional.)
Any kind of geographical information in this topic is always welcome. A Google Map covering a specific ship or area is a good example of a much appreciated contribution. We will collect them in the corresponding Reference topic.
Re: Canadian Place Names -- Discussion
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2020 5:45 pm
by Randi
Re: Canadian Place Names -- Discussion
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2020 12:24 pm
by AvastMH
Small option on Ellice Island. Tuesday
https://archive.org/details/belvederest ... 1/mode/1up August 18th 1897, the Belvedere ODHS222 log book notes it as
Elice Island
Re: Canadian Place Names -- Discussion
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2020 2:53 pm
by AvastMH
And another one from Belvedere: 18th August 1897
https://archive.org/details/belvederest ... 1/mode/1up
There are a lot of 'Warren Points' around. This has to be near to:
Herschel Island 69.58294 -139.08866
Ellice Island 69.11649 -135.80546
Toker Point 69.65351 -132.83346
Warren Point
6176332
T PT point
Canada CA » Northwest Territories 13
69.75794, -132.24346
Re: Canadian Place Names -- Discussion
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2020 10:22 am
by Matteo
Just added to reference! Thanks Joan!
Re: Canadian Place Names -- Discussion
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2020 7:28 pm
by Hanibal94
Cruice Rock
https://www.geonames.org/5933536/cruice-rock.html
https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/med ... 6_0101.JPG -> 1930
When I saw this, I thought it was Cruise Rock - took me a while to determine that was not the case!
Re: Canadian Place Names -- Discussion
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2020 8:50 pm
by Randi
Maybe we could get an Ig Nobel prize for analysis of log keeper's transcriptions of place names
Re: Canadian Place Names -- Discussion
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2020 10:30 pm
by Michael
Re: Canadian Place Names -- Discussion
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 7:42 am
by Matteo
I can remember one case i'm pretty sure the logkeeper had one too many... it was a Norwegian placename while i was helping the editing of M.24 with Geog data..
On 26 September 1919 the logkeeper was addressing either the town of Støtt or the island of Indrestøtt, and managed to write down Stortotot (they were finally returning home so maybe they toasted a little too much).
Another nice one from the same editing batch is the logkeeper addressing Lesopilka (with capital L) without realizing it's the russian word for "sawmill"... it took me a lot of time to figure out they must have seen a big building with sawmill written on it and decided it was the name of the place (other sawmills were addressed normally)
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BTW: Cruice Rock added to database... will appear on reference soon! Thanks Hanibal!
Re: Canadian Place Names -- Discussion
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 1:12 pm
by Randi
Re: Canadian Place Names -- Discussion
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 7:53 pm
by AvastMH
Re: Canadian Place Names -- Discussion
Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2020 12:55 am
by AvastMH
Pelly Island: July 15th 1894 from the log of the Narwhal:
https://archive.org/details/logbookofna ... 8/mode/1up
Canadian NW Territories.
69.59985, -135.50569N
Re: Canadian Place Names -- Discussion
Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:37 pm
by AvastMH
Richards Island: July 19th
https://archive.org/details/logbookofna ... 9/mode/1up
Richards Island ca. 25 m
6121940
T ISL island
Canada CA » Northwest Territories 13
69.33322, -134.50559
(What appears to be Cooper Island is, in fact, Hooper Island) - same image as Richard Islands.
Re: Canadian Place Names -- Discussion
Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2021 8:42 pm
by ggordon
Re: Canadian Place Names -- Discussion
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2021 6:45 pm
by ggordon
Re: Canadian Place Names -- Discussion
Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 3:26 am
by Randi
Re: Canadian Place Names -- Discussion
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 1:36 pm
by AvastMH
Still trying to locate an odd place. Beluga 1897-1899 log. See next post for the solution
All dates:
https://archive.org/details/logboookofb ... 5/mode/1up
17 Aug 1897 Geary Island (Garry Island) 69.48669, -135.71686
18 Aug 1897 started E
19 Aug 1897 Mckinley bay (Mackinlay Lake 65.68333, -117.925 is on the west side of Franklin Bay)
20 Aug 1897 Bailey Island (Baillie) 70.58349, -128.17206
They stay in the area of Baillie Island and reach as far as Cape Perry (correctly Cape Parry, 70.19953, -124.53312), which is on the eastern side of Franklin Bay, on 05 Sept 1897
https://archive.org/details/logboookofb ... 7/mode/1up
Re: Canadian Place Names -- Discussion
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 1:58 pm
by Michael
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Searching Canadian Geographic Database for the NWT.
Lat Long Name CGN_ID Prov
69.933362, -131.169404 McKinley Bay LAPID NT
Re: Canadian Place Names -- Discussion
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 2:44 pm
by AvastMH
Michael wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 1:58 pm
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Searching Canadian Geographic Database for the NWT.
Lat Long Name CGN_ID Prov
69.933362, -131.169404 McKinley Bay LAPID NT
Michael - that's amazing!! Wow! You're a wizard really aren't you?
I tried everything I could find listed as useful - obviously not well enough
I'm going to try this out so that I can find the next weird place that Capt Bodfish might come up with
Now I can even find it in Geonames. I think that the NWT are having a laugh at me
Thank you!
Re: Canadian Place Names -- Discussion
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 3:38 pm
by Michael
You can search the Canadian Geographic Names database here:
http://www4.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/search.
The actual link for your bay is here:
http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/LAPID
You will see a link near the bottom of the page for the NWT place names. If you click on that link and enter the id LAPID into the search box, you will find:
Named by John Richardson, 1826, “out of respect to Capt. George McKinley, of the Naval asylum”. Named during Franklin’s Second Overland Expedition.