Interesting

[mbarrick]

I'll have to read this in more detail later since I'm at work now, but I came across a site that has an interesting argument that "Vinland" could have been the Cowichan Valley. Yup, Vikings in Duncan.

Background
Navigating the Northwest Passage
Blonde Eskimoes
Viking Petroglyphs, Sails and Ships
Ships for Rooves and Cooper Plated Monsters
Weaving, Wool, and the Cowichan Sweater
Cairns, Bears, Petroglyphs, Sagas and Wine.

As I said, I haven't read it in detail, but it appears well researched, with the research well documented, and incorporates several recent Viking discoveries in the far north that I was heretofore unaware of. Fascinating stuff.

Comments

Re: Suomien - not Norse?

[sovietnimrod.livejournal.com]

http://www.spirasolaris.ca/sbb4g1bv2.html

It's the section near the bottom of the page.

I do agree about the poor cartography of the region.

There is one island (Air Force Island, in the Foxe Basin west of Prince Charles Island) that wasn't discoverd until the late 1940s when a bomber flight went over it and notice it wasn't on any of their charts.