Talk:Height of Land Portage

message: I second BlueCanoe's reversion of the removal of rods as the unit of measure, I almost did it myself.    They are the common units for that.   The reverted change also had accuracy problems under the way those are used.  80 rods indicates (and is exactly) 1/4 mile.   North8000 (talk) 12:45, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: According to the Manual of Style: "For topics strongly associated with a given place, put the most appropriate units first." Canoe portages in northeastern Minnesota are measured by the rod, and these measurements are printed on maps and written in books.  A conversion to metric and/or feet in parentheses is fine, but the rod should be the leading unit. -- BlueCanoe (talk) 17:03, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: My view on the topics is the same, and so added (not replaced) a reference in "miles" for those not familiar with "rods".  This was before I visited this talk page (which I should get in the habit of doing before I make edits).  Interesting information about how portages are measured. Dan Aquinas (talk) 17:41, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Rods

message: No locator map?  Sca (talk) 19:56, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Done, some time ago.  Kablammo (talk) 02:49, 31 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Map?

message: The article as I wrote it asserts that the portage is on the divide between the Atlantic and the Arctic Oceans.  There is a dispute as to whether Hudson Bay is in the Arctic or Atlantic watershed, a dispute reflected in several of Wikipedia's articles.  Ways to address the question could be by explanatory text or (better) an explanatory footnote, or ignoring the issue and just assert that the watershed north of the divide is in the Hudson Bay watershed (which Vergangenheitsbewältigung's edit did).  
I am indifferent as to the mode of addressing it, as we will not solve the question on Wikipedia, and for our purposes it does not matter.  
— (Pinging  and .) 
Kablammo (talk) 16:09, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Our article on Hudson Bay discusses both alternatives. Kablammo (talk) 19:43, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Cool, thanks.North8000 (talk) 23:42, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

text: I'm open to any of the possibilities involved including Vergangenheitsbewältigung's edit which I reverted. (and then I reverted my revert)  Let's just decide and do it.  Which means decide on the underlying questions: North8000 (talk) 17:00, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: On the "eastern" side, in this article shall we name the watershed by  the "river" that drains it (St. Lawrence) or the ocean that that it drains into (the Atlantic) North8000 (talk) 17:00, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Both are fine but I lean toward the Atlantic ocean. Simpler and more interesting/ dramatic.North8000 (talk) 17:07, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

text: On the "western" side, is this article shall we name the watershed by the intermediate body that it drains into (Hudson Bay) or the ocean that it ultimately drains into (Arctic or Atlantic) North8000 (talk) 17:00, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I think Hudson Bay.  Mostly because the ocean is ambiguous and then to also avoid dealing with the next question. North8000 (talk) 17:09, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

text: If the answer to the previous question is the ocean, should it be the Arctic or the Atlantic?  Sources seem to say it's a matter of opinion, not definitive.North8000 (talk) 17:03, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Moot question of we go with Hudson Bay.  Otherwise I lean toward Arctic rather than Atlantic. North8000 (talk) 17:11, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Continental divide?