Name: USGS seeks local opinion on naming Font Lake’s Brothers Little Islands, 2011
Start: 2011-04-07
End: 2011-05-06
Location: Font Lake

USGS seeks local opinion on naming Font Lake’s Brothers Little Islands, 2011

Also Brothers Little Islands naming proposal

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Locator map: Font Lake highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago

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TypeEvent

Dates2011-04-07 – 2011-05-06

WithinFont Lake

ErasModern era

Event

Dates: 2011-04-07 – 2011-05-06
Kind: Naming proposal
Where: Font Lake
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: cartographygovernanceheritagecommunication
Within: Font Lake

Summary

In April 2011, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names sought local opinion on a proposal to name a group of floating islands in Font Lake “Brothers Little Islands.” The public-comment deadline was May 6.

Evidence limits

The forum preserves the federal request for comment, not the final Board decision, adopted name, or local response.

Sources

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Sources

Pam Grassmick, "Naming Font Lake Islands," Beaver Island Forum, April 8, 2011.
The post reproduces an April 7 USGS Board on Geographic Names correspondence requesting local opinion by May 6 on the proposed geographic name Brothers Little Islands. It establishes a naming review and comment deadline, not final federal adoption or local consensus.
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Beaver Island Archive, “USGS seeks local opinion on naming Font Lake’s Brothers Little Islands, 2011”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-font-lake-brothers-little-islands-naming-proposal-2011/, accessed [date], citing Pam Grassmick, "Naming Font Lake Islands," Beaver Island Forum, April 8, 2011..

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