Capes on the Mississippi River
The term cape has a different tradition of usage in the American
Upper Louisiana (Haute-Louisiane) or the Illinois Country (Pays des Illinois).[1] The Illinois Country also included the left bank of the Mississippi River in present-day Missouri.[2][3]
The French explorers and mapmakers used the word cape (or in French, "cap") to describe the bluffs and promontories along the Mississippi River. A "cap" could sit next to any body of water, not just the ocean.[4] Spanish authorities also used the term cabo (cape) for points on the Mississippi River. Along the Mississippi River between St. Louis and Cairo there are a number of capes of French origin.[5]
Capes on the Mississippi River and tributaries | |||||
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Name | Original French Name | Translation | State | Location | |
Cape Cinque Hommes or
Cape St. Cosme [6] |
Cap des Cinque Hommes or
Cap St. Cosme |
cape of five men or
cape of St. Cosme |
MO | 37°41′33.2″N 89°31′45.3″W / 37.692556°N 89.529250°W [7] | |
Cape Creche | Cap Crèche | cape manger | MO | ||
Cape La Croix | Cap de la Croix | cape of the cross | MO | 37°14′53.51″N 89°28′05.76″W / 37.2481972°N 89.4682667°W [8] | |
Cap à la Cruche | Cap à la Cruche | cape pitcher | MO | ||
Cape Fair[9] | -- | -- | MO | 36°43′48″N 93°30′37″W / 36.73000°N 93.51028°W [10] | |
Cape Garlick [11] | Cap à l'Ail | cape garlic | MO | ||
Cape Girardeau[12] | Cap de Girardot | cape of Girardot | MO | 37°18′21″N 89°31′05″W / 37.30583°N 89.51806°W [13] | |
Cap au Gris | Cap au Gris [14] | cape of gray | MO | 38°59′56″N 90°41′30″W / 38.99889°N 90.69167°W [15] | |
Cape de la Grotte | Cap de la Grotte | cape of the caves | MO | ||
Cap aux Pistolets | Cap aux Pistolets | cape of the pistols | MN | ||
Cape La Roche | Cap de la Roche | cape of the rock | MO | ||
Cape de Roche Blanche [16] | Cap de Roche blanche | cape of the white rock | MO | ||
Cape Rock | -- | -- | MO | 37°19′43″N 89°29′45″W / 37.32861°N 89.49583°W [17] | |
Cape St. Anthony [18] | Cap de St. Antoine | cape of Saint Anthony [19] | IL | 37°37′57″N 89°30′7″W / 37.63250°N 89.50194°W [20] | |
Cape Swallow | Cap l'hirondelle | cape swallow | MO | ||
Pointed Cape | Cap de la Pointe | cape of the point | MO |
See also
References
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- ^ Placekeeper.com: St. Antoine, Missouri http://www.placekeeper.com/Missouri/Cape_Antoine-736427.html