British Alaska

Only one data card (WFVZ#45505) refers directly to a territory under the name of "British Alaska". In the early 1900's there was an Alaska Boundary Dispute in which the United Kingdom, United States and Canada all made claims. With the additional data on this card, referring to "Straits of Fuca", which seems to be an abbreviated name for the Strait of Juan de Fuca. With additional information it seems that this egg set was collected in a territory that, at one point, may have been called "British Alaska". No direct mention of this territory under that name have been found at this time.

There is another data card (WFVZ#37048), that refers to "Hudson Bay B.A.". Due to the lack of clarity of what has historically been declared "British Alaska", it is difficult to determine if that is what the collector intended by the abbreviation of "B.A.". The cards are from 1892 and 1894, so it is possible that they share a regional name, but Hudson Bay, as it is currently known, would not have fallen into the range of the Alaska Boundary Dispute. So the locality information of this card may be more difficult to define.

If additional cards are found with this locality they should be entered using any additional information that can be found, but "British Alaska" should be entered into the Modifier field.

Example from WFVZ#45505

Country:

State:

County:

Locality: Barre Islands

Modifier: Strait of (Juan de) Fuca; British Alaska

Because the Strait of Juan de Fuca is currently under dispute between the US and Canada Country, and the lack of information on "Barre Islands" within the Strait, State and County can be left blank. On the data card the words "Juan de" are presumed to be omitted, they have been added.