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Re: Alaskan Place Names -- Discussion
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2024 8:12 am
by Matteo
Just added to db and refreshed all reference threads. Thanks Randi!
Re: Alaskan Place Names -- Discussion
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2024 2:24 pm
by Randi
Thank YOU!
Re: Alaskan Place Names -- Discussion
Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2024 7:00 am
by studentforever
Northland references a lighthouse at Point Colpoys (she spells it Point Colpois though). It doesn't seem to have an on line history but it is referenced in some databases of Alaskan Lights.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorag ... 08_026.jpg
https://media.defense.gov/2019/Jun/18/2 ... EINDEX.PDF
Re: Alaskan Place Names -- Discussion
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2024 12:41 pm
by Matteo
Light is still existing nowadays:
https://fishing-app.gpsnauticalcharts.c ... /-133.1984
I've added the light to geonames and our db and updated Point Colpoys position, which was a little off... the light is faintly visible on bing satellite imagery, google one is too blurry in that area. Thanks!
Re: Alaskan Place Names -- Discussion
Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2024 3:54 pm
by studentforever
Norhland is now visiting various places on the Bering Sea. Her log (1927) references Teller MIssion. This has a complicated history. The Town,Teller, lies across the harbor from the mission. The mission itself was renamed Brevig Mission in 1903. Wikipedia gives histories, complete with native names, which include locations but how you disinter the references for Geonames I leave to you.
https://www.geonames.org/7117577/city-of-teller.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brevig_Mission,_Alaska
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teller,_Alaska