ext_24142 ([identity profile] donutsweeper.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] donutsweeper 2007-11-02 09:28 pm (UTC)

It hadn't occurred to me before, but you are 100% correct. Supposedly "The names 'Fraser' and 'Frobisher' are references to Canadian explorers, both connected to the search for commercial passages to the Pacific. Simon Fraser journeyed from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean in 1808. However, the Fraser River (named after him) turned out to be unusable as a trade route. Sir Martin Frobisher was a 16th Century explorer who attempted three voyages in search of a Northwest Passage, but did not make it further than Northeastern Canada"

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