Talk:Meighen Island

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Discovery?

According to the article on Frederick Cook, his expedition discovered the island in 1908. 71.163.96.225 (talk) 19:15, 23 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes it appears that Cook did discover the island and Stefansson later acknowledged that Cook likely discovered the island prior to his visit there in 1916.^[1]

References

^ https://books.google.com/books?id=PYdBH4dOOM4C&pg=PA421&dq=Meighen+island+cook&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjsuuH7rpTkAhUSh-AKHaXcDTIQ6AEwAHoECAEQAg#v=onepage&q=Meighen%20island%20cook&f=false

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