Toponymy of Herschel Island (Qikiqtaryuk), Western Arctic Coast, Canada

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Burn, C.R., Hattendorf, John B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2011
• Subjects: Herschel Island; Beaufort Sea; USS Thetis; Arctic toponymy; Charles Stockton; île Herschel; mer de Beaufort; toponymie de l’Arctique; Arctic; Avadlek Spit; Canada; Lopez; Mer de Beaufort; Osborn; Pauline Cove; Workboat Passage; inuvialuktun; Orca
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67192

The official names for several of the features on Herschel Island are derived from the visit to the island by USS Thetis, Lt. Cdr. Charles Stockton commanding, on 15 – 16 August 1889. In 24 hours, Stockton and his crew surveyed the coast sufficiently to compile and publish a map, which included the...