Discoveries

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Some of the most important work Place Name Dude has accomplished is discovering and correcting erroneous history. From toponyms being assigned to wrong features, to toponyms being misspelled, to the stories behind toponyms being false, Place Name Dude is committed to high fidelity history. Place Name Dude has discovered 68 naming and etymological mistakes.

Alec La Mountain Mountain is misspelled for eponym Alex Lamountain

Anthony Ponds were never visited by Theophilus Anthony and may be named for a colonel Anthony

Ash Craft Brook and Ash Craft Pond are probably misspellings of the name Ashcraft

Barret Bay is misspelled for eponym Roger Barrett

Barn Rock is a corruption of Barren Rock

Belfry Mountain is misspelled for eponyms George Balfrey and Mary Hennesey Balfrey

Berrymill Brook, Berrymill Hill, and Berrymill Pond are misspelled for Berry Mill Company

Bubb Lake is misspelled for eponym Otis "Bub" Nathaniel Arnold Jr.

Bull Rush Bay is a misspelling of bulrush

Cameras Pond is probably misspelled for likely eponym Giulio Camus

Cary Pond is a corruption of Carry Pond 

Chateaugay Narrows, Chateaugay River, Lower Chateaugay Lake, and Upper Chateaugay Lake do not employ a translation of French terms meaning "hospitable house"

Craig Harbor is a corruption of Crag Harbor

Crane Mountain and Crane Mountain Pond are not named after cranes or for surveyor Moses Crain

Ely Mountain is misspelled for eponym Eli Kenell

Esther Mountain is not named for Esther McComb since her existence was fictitious

Frie Flow is misspelled for the eponymous Fry family

Goodnow Flow, Goodnow Mountain, Goodnow Pond, and Goodnow River are misspelled for eponyms Sylvester Goodenow and Abigail Goodenow

Grass River is not spelled Grasse, an earlier French name does not translate to Fertile River, and it's probably not named after its grassy banks

Hale Brook and Hale Hill are misspelled for the eponymous Halen family

Hamlin Bay is misspelled for eponym Niles Hamblin

Hazeltine Hill is misspelled for Samuel Haseltine, or perhaps Hesseltine

Kary Mountain is misspelled for eponym James Kerry

Kate Mountain is misspelled for the eponymous Cate family  

Kelley Brook is misspelled for possible eponyms Michael Kelly or Martin Kelly

Kennels Pond is misspelled for eponym Eli Kenell

Kerby Point is misspelled for eponyms John Kirby and William Kirby

Lindsey Brook is misspelled for the eponymous Lindsay family

Little Far Mountain and Old Far Mountain are misspelled for eponym Randall Farr

Louis Clearing Bay is misspelled for eponym Robert Lewis

Lower Wolfjaw Mountain and Upper Wolfjaw Mountain were not named by state surveyor Verplanck Colvin 

MacDonough Mountain has been assigned to the wrong mountain

Marble Mountain is probably misspelled for the eponymous Malbone family

Masher Vly is misspelled for the eponymous Mosher family

McColloms Pond is misspelled for eponym Amiel McCollum

Meade Mountain and Meade Pond are misspelled for the eponymous Mead family

Mount Marcy was never named Tahawus and was nameless when first ascended in 1837

Mount Overrocker is misspelled for eponym Michael Overacker

Peavine Creek is a corruption of Pea Vine

Pillsbury Bay, Pillsbury Lake, and Pillsbury Mountain are misspelled for eponym Louis Pilsbury

Rickerson Brook is misspelled for eponym William Ricketson

Sanburn Hill is misspelled for eponym Joseph Sanborn

Sawteeth enjoyed a name of Resegone, yet that name does not translate to The Kings Great Saw since it's a replication of the Italian toponym Mount Resegone

Schofield Hill and Schofield Pond are misspelled for the eponymous Scofield family

Styles Brook is misspelled for eponym Silas Stiles

Van Dorrien Mountain is misspelled for eponym Sophus Von Dorrien

Wakely Brook, Wakely Dam, Wakely Mountain, and Wakely Pond are misspelled for eponym William Wakeley

Winch Pond is not named after that piece of hardware