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 Mexico sighted a high white bluff near what he determined to be the 42nd parallel. He named it in honor of the saint of that day, San Sebastian. This point marked the northern limit of his voyage. What cape he saw and named it is not now possible to determine with accuracy, but the name Sebastian is fixed on a cape in north latitude 42° 19' 41". The name was first applied to this feature by George Davidson in the U. S. Coast Survey Coast Pilot for 1869, page 112. For information about Vizcaino's voyage, see under . Cape Sebastion is prominent from either northward or southward, and rises abruptly from the sea to a height of about 700 feet.

, Yamhill County, Oregon. A. E. Bones, postmaster, states in October, 1925, that the place was named for John Carl, Sr., and that it was done at the request of R. R. Thompson of Portland at the time the west side railroad established a station there about 1875. Carl was an early settler in the neighborhood and Thompson owned a farm there. It has been stated elsewhere that the town was named for Wilson Carl, an ex-county commissioner. Doubtless the two were members of the same family.

, Clatsop County. This community is on Clatsop Plains, and was named for Hiram Carnahan, a pioneer of 1847 who settled there in that year.

, Baker County. The postmaster of Carson in 1925 states that this community was apparently named for Tom Corson who settled about 1870 on a small stream flowing into Pine Creek. Neighbors pronounced his name Carson and applied it to the stream in question and subsequently to a small sawmill which was called the Carson Mill because it was located on the creek. At a later date when the post office was established the name was applied to it as well.

, Douglas County. This is a long, narrow lake in the extreme northwest corner of Douglas