Discussions

Per Murray Blight's Bits & Pieces posted today, Council approved the newest street names to be used in the city last night.  
 
From the agenda for last night's meeting, those streets are:  
- Ericson Crescent  
- Granville Crescent  
- Kennan Bay  
- Portola Drive  
- Hedin Crescent  
- Ingstad Way  
- Frobischer Crescent  
 
The streets are all a part of the latest extension of VBJ's "Woodlands" subdivision.  
 
From the council agenda, here is further info on each street's namesake:  
 
Portola Drive  
Gaspar de Portola a Rovira (1716-1784), soldier, explorer of San Diego and Monterey (California).  
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_de_Portol%C3%A0  
 
Ericson Crescent  
Lief Ericson (970-1020), was probably the first European to land in North America (excluding Greenland). He established a Norse settlement at Vinland, which has been tentatively identified with the L'Anse aux Meadows Norse site on the northern tip of the island of Newfoundland, Canada.  
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Ericson  
 
Granville Crescent  
Charles Granville Bruce, Himalayan veteran and leader of the second and third expeditions to Mt. Everest in 1922 and 1924.  
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Granville_Bruce  
 
Kennan Bay ** I think this name should actually be Keenan Bay, as per spelling of namesake's last name.  
Captain John Keenan (1835-1910), whaling ship captain and explorer.  
http://explorenorth.com/library/yafeatures/bl-keenan.htm  
 
Hedin Crescent  
Sven Anders Hedin (1865-1952), Swedish explorer who led through Central Asia a series of expeditions that resulted in important archaeological and geographical findings.  
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sven_Hedin  
 
Ingstad Way  
Helge Marcus Ingstad (1899-2001), Norweigen explorer, lawyer, trapper and author. Discovered the remains of a Viking settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in 1960.  
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helge_Ingstad  
 
Frobisher Crescent  
Sir Martin Frobisher (1535-1594), English privateer, navigator, explorer and naval officer. Voyages to Labrador and Greenland.  
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Frobisher

Here's a PDF of what council had to look at last night, including a map of the development: http://www.brandon.ca/main.nsf/Contents/2E8B282B88AD1D0C862575AC004EABA0/$File/Bylaw%206944.pdf