Cantref Ynys Taltraeth

Protecting the Coasts and Hinterlands of Winter's Gate

Kotzebue, AK

Now official as Canton Ynys Taltraeth [Innis-Tal-trayth]
meaning roughly "River Meadow at the end of the beach".
Cantref is a Welsh word for a Canton or Shire size political unit.
(Formerly known as the Canton of Moroedd Oer [MOR-o-eth O-er].)

Arms of Ynys Taltraeth: Argent, a sea-dog rampant purpure breathing flames gules, a laurel wreath in canton purpure
The Canton is part of the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism). For an explanation of what the SCA is, click Here

We are claiming the coastal territories of Winter's Gate, which, in Mundane terms, is all of Coastal Northern Alaska, from just below Nome, all the way to the Yukon, and the Islands of Diomede.
...and while we're at it, we're claiming all of the Russia's east of the Ural mountains and Caspian sea! Being based in Kotzebue, AK at 66* 54' North latitude (33 miles NORTH of the Arctic Circle) will make us the Northernmost branch of the SCA, the next being the incipient shire of Frostheim in Nordmark (Kingdom of Drachenvald) which is based in Lulea and Boden in Northern Sweden, at 65*50' North.
Canton Motto: "We're above all that."

Baronial Territories Page
Check our Canton Picture Page

Visit our Canton History Page

Visit our Canton Petition Page

Visit our 2003 Spring Carnival Page

For More Information, contact:

Seneschal/Herald: Mastyer Khevron Oktavii (Don Goertz) e-mail:

or 907 442-2503

or any of the Canton Officers

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Cantref Ynys Taltraeth

Protecting the Coasts and Hinterlands of Winter's Gate Kotzebue, AK

Protecting the Coasts and Hinterlands of Winter's Gate

Kotzebue, AK