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And any resident of BC or northern Washington will be familiar with San Juan, Galiano, Valdes, and Gabriola islands; the Fidalgo, Haro, and Rosario straits; and
by lainga 8y ago
And any resident of BC or northern Washington will be familiar with San Juan, Galiano, Valdes, and Gabriola islands; the Fidalgo, Haro, and Rosario straits; and Spanish Banks off English Bay, where Galiano's expedition met George Vancouver's, and agreed to split the naming of features in the area equally between them (as they were allies against France at the time).
- davidw 8y agoI think one of my favorite "how the ...?!" geography names is the Owyhee River area of south east Oregon. It's a high, dry steppe where nothing much grows except sagebrush, and hardly any one lives. Owyhee, though, is a different spelling of Hawaii, and the river was named for some Hawaiian explorers who set out to explore the area and were never seen again. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owyhee_River#Naming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owyhee_River#Naming