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October 23, 2009

As of Oct 30th, You Might Call It The Salish Sea, Offically

But the parts will still be called Strait of Georgia, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Pungeant Puget Sound, &c, &c. Crosscut.com writes:

One major difference between this proposal and some previous is that the name Salish Sea would not replace any existing names: Puget Sound would remain that, as would Haro Strait, Georgia Strait, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and other well known features. The best comparison is that it is akin to the "Great Lakes," which refers to a collection of lakes in the U.S. and Canada, but does not supplant Lake Michigan or Lake Superior.

The British Geographical Names Office has endorsed Canada signing off on this, and since the waterway lies in both USA and Canada, support from both sides is seen as essential for adopting … though I understand that the term Salish Sea is already common parlance amongst some sectors of the vox pop as well as the wonk communities.

Given heavy popular support, the Washington State Board of Geographic names seems expected to approve the nomenclature in its meeting on October 30th.

Posted by The Chinuk at October 23, 2009 05:53 PM