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  • Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

    Post 16 Update

    Post 17 Warning

Orbx Releases 74S Anacortes

Helldiver
I've been wondering, where is "Anacortes" ?
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.....It's an independant, non-parlimentry Island Nation situated between Washington State, USA, and British Columbia, Canada. They make a fortune on fish-oil, whale watching, and hot air.
 
Oh, we got tons of Indian names like Lake Chaubunagungamaug, Nahant and Natick.
I used to go out to NAS Whidbey Island while doing some spook work on the A-3s. But not a single person ever boasted of being from "Anacortes".
You see when we refer to Portland, we mean Portland, Maine. Anybody living outside the original 13 States are strictly on a conditional basis.
 
I used to take a ferry boat from Anacortes to Victoria, B.C., back in the late 1990s. I would take a bus from the port to downtown Victoria, and then walk to (CFB) Esquimalt. A most beautiful base! I'd stay in the Chief Petty Officer quarters. Very nice!

NC

 
Consider also the Spanish explorer influence - Straits of Juan de Fuca, Lopez Island, San Juan Island - perhaps Anacortes may once have ended with a 'z'.
 
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