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Source number four, "NYC Streets," is poorly researched. The streets it gives as bounding the Collect Pond don't make sense (which is obvious if you look at a map of Manhattan). It also gives a completely different etymology for "Collect" that seems made up. I am removing the information based on
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I have removed the reference to a "mythical" 16th c. French fort at the Collect Pond, as it seems to be based on outdated scholarship and conflicting ambiguous sources. The given source for the French fort theory was
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appears to put the fort more likely in Maine. Understanding that this is not a definitive refutation, it still seems more prudent to remove the poorly-sourced speculation rather than leave it in as is.
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For the notion that Norumbega on old maps was a corruption of "L'Anormee Berge" (The Great Scarp), and speculation that this may have referred to The Palisades, see also
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If anyone can point to a substantial reference for this from a reputable source, please feel free to reinstate.
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