1818  At the head of this bay, is good shelter in a place called Pok-logan.
1855  A poke-loken is a marshy place or stagnant pool connected with a river.
1896  (1913)  He thinks bogan, like logan . . . a corruption of pokologan. Both words, Ganong notes, are in good local use and occur in articles on sporting, etc.
1896  (1913)  Exactly the same thing the Indians call a pokelog--a still creek or bay branching from a stream.