DCHP-1 Online
pokelogan pokologan [< Algonk.; cf. Malecite pekelÄygan stopping place] Maritimes 
n. See 1855 quote.
See also: bogan ((1))
- 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.
- 1818 At the head of this bay, is good shelter in a place called Pok-logan.