S.M. Stirling's A Meeting at Corvallis

Maps, flags and links

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Back to to the Unofficial S.M. Stirling Fan Page.

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Extra: Here is a tentative genealogy of the Mackenzie/Havel/Larsson families, a couple of years after the events in "A Meeting at Corvallis".

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Notice that the flags below are my personal interpretation, based on hints in the book and some comments from the author on the Yahoo S.M. Stirling mailing list.

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Oregon

• Oregon mappoint map, counties map, shaded relief map and topographic map (Updated)

• West Oregon mappoint map

• Oregon locations Google "My Maps" map

• Portland

  • The Protector's flag is black with a "cat-pupiled" lidless eye. (alternatives)
  • [Ch. 1, 2] The Protector's palace used to be the public library of Portland (Central Library), see also google map and image.
  • [Ch. 1, 2] Central Library, Portland web page with floor plans.
   
  

• Clan Mackenzie

  • [Ch. 11, 17] The Mackenzies' flag is green, with silver crescent moon between antlers. (larger image)
  • The Mackenzie tartan is green, brown and black, with thin orange piping. (larger images)
  • [Ch. 1, 2, 10, 13, 18] Dun Juniper (or Mackenzie Hall) is somewhere N and E of Brownsville (Sutterdown in the book)
  • [Ch. 3, 9] Dun Fairfax is Dun Juniper's closest neighbour (S of Dun Juniper?)
  • [Ch. 13, 17] Sutterdown is a fictionalized version of Brownsville.
   
  

• Bearkillers - Larsdalen, Salem

  • [Ch. 12] The Bearkiller flag features a stylized head of a bear, crimson on dark brown. (alternatives)
  • [Ch. 2, 9, 21, 23] Larsdalen is in the Eola Hills, W of Salem and NE of Rickreall
  • [Ch. 12, 14] The fight aginst the turtle boats take place at the Salem bridges
  • [Ch. 12, 14, 16] The Protectorate forces land at Rice Rocks on the W bank of the river, and the battle takes place SE of there, N of the Salem bridges, see google map
  • [Ch. 20] Dallas is W of Salem and Larsdalen
   
  

• Dunedain Rangers - Mithrilwood (Silver Falls State Park)

  • [Ch. 6, 17] The Dunedain Rangers' flag features a silver tree and seven stars (larger image)
  • [Ch. 4] The Dunedain Rangers' base Mithrilwood is in Silver Falls State Park E to SE of Salem, N of road 22, see mappoint map
  • Oregon Parks website
   
  

• Corvallis google map

  • [Ch. 5] The Corvallis flag is orange and features a beaver head. (larger image)
  • [Ch. 5] The Bearkillers enter Corvallis territory at Adair Village, N of Corvallis
  • [Ch. 8] The Protectorate bandits are observed at Bowers Rock State Park, NE of Corvallis
  • [Ch. 6] The Dunedain Rangers enter Corvallis by one of the two briges over the river
  • [Ch. 8] The public assembly is held in the Gills Coliseum on the campus of Oregon University
   
  

• Portland, Salem, Mount Angel google map (Updated)

• Mount Angel

  • [Ch. 17] During the Protector's War, the Mount Angel battle-flag carried the image of Virgin and Child. (larger image)
  • [Ch. 9, 10, 11] The Waldo Hills are E and SE of Salem
  • [Ch. 15, 16, 17] Mount Angel is NE of Salem, E of Gervais and SW of Molalla
  • [Ch. 15, 16, 17] Mount Angel Abbey and Seminary web site, Mount Angel Monastery web site (Updated)
  • [Ch. 13] Missouri Ridge is E of Mount Angel
  • [Ch. 22, 23] Field of the Cloth of Gold (Elliot Prairie) is N of Mount Angel
   
  

• Castle Todenangst, Newberg, Oregon City

  • [Ch. 9] The Protector's river-born attack against Salem embarks at Oregon City
  • [Ch. 15, 16, 18, 21] Castle Todenangst is E of Newberg, on a butte (Grouse Butte?) S of the road between Newberg and the Parett Mountains (Updated)
   
  

• Ath

  • [Ch. 17] The flag of Lady de Ath is descibed as "Sable, a delta or over a V argent". (alternatives)
  • [Ch. 18, 19, 20] Castle Ath is S of Forest Grove, W of highway 47, about a mile S of Carpenter Creek
  • [Ch. 20] Hag Lake (Henry Hagg Lake) is SW of Castle Ath and Forest Grove, and Cherry Grove is SW of Hag Lake
   
  

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This page created by Bo Johansson 2005-12-01

Last changed 2012-09-11