Dictionary entry
'Yoch 'O Kegey • pn • a place on the sand barrier between Freshwater Lagoon and the ocean
Lexicon record # 4175 | Source reference(s):
YG:I2
Semantic
domain: place names
Derivation: literally, "where boats go over" ('yoch "boat")
Geographical story
- YG264 • "People used to paddle out of Stone Lagoon, up along the beach, and run the crafts ashore at this point. Then they dragged them over the sand and launched them in Freshwater. There were no towns here and hence no boats."