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pokelogan
[< Algonk.; cf. Malecite pekelāygan stopping place]
Maritimes
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Spelling variants:pokologan
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
See 1855 quote.
See: bogan ((1))
Quotations
1818
At the head of this bay, is good shelter in a place called Pok-logan.
1855
A poke-loken is a marshy place or stagnant pool connected with a river.
1896
Exactly the same thing the Indians call a pokelog--a still creek or bay branching from a stream.
1896
He thinks bogan, like logan . . . a corruption of pokologan. Both words, Ganong notes, are in good local use and occur in articles on sporting, etc.