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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

Re: Alaskan Place Names -- Discussion

Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2024 11:02 am
by studentforever
Northland now references a Point Spencer Light. Apparently at this time there was a Point Spencer Light Beacon. The details are given below but how this relates to the Point Clarence Light I am not sure - I've put the coordinates from this reference in the log.
https://dec.alaska.gov/Applications/SPA ... Report/811