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Country: Canada
State:
Province: NU
Territory:
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@photonX: Kowak River [Kobuk River] Alaska
S. Eichhorn - This is a multi-specimen sheet with 3 mixed collections from 3 different countries. The information listed in the Country and State boxes pertain to the label information. Note to Botany Data Managers: The locality in the Department of Botany Collections database [http://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/botany/?irn=10958847#new-search] is listed as "Rupulse Bay". I think it should be "Repulse Bay".
Yes - Repulse Bay is correct, which is now Naujaat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naujaat (-F. Pickering)
Packet Upper Left: Epilobium latifolium. Collected by Capt. C. L. Hooper, U S Revenue Cutter Corwin, Herald Island, 1881.
Country: Russia; Territory: Chukotskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug
References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USRC_Thomas_Corwin_(1876)
Russian Arctic Islands: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_islands_in_the_Arctic_Ocean
Packet Upper Right: Epilobium latifolium, Kowak River [now Kobuk River - F. Pickering], Alaska, S B McLenegan, St. Corwin, 1884
Country: United States; State: Alaska
References: Samuel B. McLenegan (in HUH as S. B. McLenengan): http://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/botanist_search.php?mode=details&id=98971; St. Corwin = Revenue Marine Steamer Corwin
https://www.uscg.mil/history/docs/CorwinReport1884.pdf