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Further to that list of names, I've just noticed that there is a Massacre Bay on Orcas Island. No idea if it was named by Vancouver or what the story behind that name is, though.

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The Pacific Northwest feels like paradise to me, but Captain Vancouver must have had an outright miserable time round here. The none-too-subtle clues are in the names he gave to places, as the first European to survey much of the area. For sure, we have the usual mishmash of places named after ones in the old country (like Portland), ( Read more... )