In article <[log in to unmask]>, Ann McMullen
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> Diane Brenner:
>
> I think you mean "Iqaluit" with a Q, not a G.  I friend of mine has done
> a lot of archaeology in that region and that's the name of a specific town.
> Maybe that's not what you mean?
>
>  Ann McMullen
> Curator of North American Ethnology
> Milwaukee Public Museum
> >
> > Could one of our Canadian friends offer a little help?  We know that
> > Frobisher Bay has a new name, something like Igaluit, which can be
> > PRONOUNCED by the anthropologist workinng on an exhibit for us, but
> > no one promises they can SPELL it.  My atlas is too old.  So, what's
> > current?   Thanks
> >      Diane Brenner, Museum Archivist, Anchorage Museum
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Dear Ann and Diane:
 
You are both right, sort of.  "Iqaluit" is a town in what used to be
Frobisher Bay.  It is _also_ the new name of Frobisher Bay.  (Go figure).
 
Iqualuit may be hard to spell, but try pronouncing some of the other new
names in the Canadian North.  Some have both numbers and letters in the
word!
 
You might like to check out the following web site for more wacky facts on
Canadian geography.  You can do searches for place names, pull up maps,
and find out about name changes.  The site is maintained by NAIS, the
National Atlas Info Service, and available in French and English:
 
    http:www-nais.ccm.emr.ca/
 
(look under What's New for the Frobisher Bay info).
 
Also, here's a phone number for info on geographic place names in Canada:
613 992-3405
 
And the Baffin Island Tourism Association in Iqaluit can be reached at:
Tel:  819 979-6551
Fax:  819 979-1261
 
Happy travels!
 
Lisa Mervyn
(who, in Vancouver, is a long way from Iqaluit herself)
 
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