Yol xxYr - The Arctic Circle

selection from the Yukon and t'lorthwest Territories includes but a few examples
of geographical names relatjng to vessels of the late nineteenth and
twentjeth centurjes; most had definite northern connections, but others never
even entered Canadian waters.
Corwin Cl iffs St. El ias l4ountains 6001g' - 140017,
This name vns nentioned by I.C. Russell in his report of the St. Eljas Expedition
of 1890, sponsored by the iJ.S.G.S. and National Geographic Society.
The u.S. Revenue Steamer cORh,IN, under the comnand of captain c.L. Hooper,
p'icked up expeditjon nembers in Yakutat Bay, and r.ns likely one of the'fr'rst
vessels to navigate these waters.
i'lount Luciana St. Elias Mountains 61001' - 14oo2g'
tthmed in 1897 by Prince Luigi Arnedeo di Savoia, the Duke of Abbruzzi,
while attempting an ascent of Mount St. Elias. The S.S. LUCANIA was rhe
Cunard liner in whjch the Duke crossed the Atlantic; the vessel itself
probably took its name from Lucan'ia, an ancient reg'ion of southern Ita15r.
Laddie Harbour Belcher Is'lands 56010, - zgo4o,
LADDIE was the schooner used by R.J. Flaherty on his expedition to the
Bel cher Islands, 1913-16, to explore and prospect for mineral s. In jt ja1 'ly,
the LADDIE, sa'iljng from St. Johnrs, could not reach the jslands, and jn-deed,
when she did succeed in 1914, was bacily damaged.
Argo Bay Darnley Bay 69022, - 1z4o3o'
frobably for the yawl ARGO used by Ernest de K Leffingwell between Colville
River and Flaxnan Point during the Canadjan Arctic Expedjtion 7909-12; apparently
she was subsequently used by "Scotty" llclntyre for tradinq east'to
Victoria Island. The ARGO wintered here 1914-15.
l4orrissey Harbour l4ill Island 640oz, - 77047'
The G.P. Putnam Baffin Island Expedition of 1927 named the harbour on the
rprth shore of the island after its vessel, the schooner M0RRISSEY, owned
and cornmanded by captain Robert A. tsartlett of l'lewfoundl and.
Morso islands S. of Whale Cove o2oo3' - 92040,
This name appeared on a Geological Survey plan and was approved jn 1933. It
Prg!ab'ly_was named for the three-masted schmner M0RS0. In 1928 Capta.in Randall
sailed this vessel from Haljfax to Tavani, on the west shore of Hudson
Buy, for Dominion Exp'lorer Associates. 0n board uas Buy Bl anchet wjth the
responsibility of setti!g gp lupply and eouipment bases for the company, to
permit the future use of airplanes for prospecting jn the Arctic barreni.
Subsequently the ivlORsO faltered during a storm in Churchill harbour, caught
fire and was destroyed as a resu'lt of dynamite on board.
ihnnuk Harbour SE. Baffin Island 61054, - 66024,
i{amed af ter the Hudson's Bay Company schooner NANiiUl(, rvh jch toqether wi th
the DARYL, was stationed at Lake Harbour in the r9z0's and 193d's, and
annually supp] ied posts and outpsts jn the vicin'ity of Hudson Stiait.
Blue Fox l{arbour itl. Banks Island lZoOT' - IZS'45'
The BLUE FOX was trader Fred l,Jol ki 's schooner, which winterred here durinq
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