Duckburg

[Mattias Hallin]

"Have there ever been any stories explaining just why Duckburg is named
"Duckburg"?" ...asked Mark Semich.

The answer, obviously depends on wether you want the lit. hist. answer or the
donaldistic answer. My guess as to the first alternative is, Yes! it's named
not after it's average denizen (i.e. the dogface) but after it's main
protagonists, Donald Duck and nephews. The first reference to Duckburg I know
of is the tightrope-walking-across-Niagara story from the midforties WDC. (Last
panel, or so)

The DONALDISTIC answer (or rather, ONE donaldistic answer) is provided by Don
Rosa in (I think it is) "His Majesty McDuck", where Cornelius Coot becomes
owner of the older settlement at Killmotor Hill, "Fort Drakeborough", thus
named by the British after 16th-century explorer Sir Francis Drake, who
(according to the story) was the first white duck on the spot. Thus "Duckburg"
would seem to be a derivative of "Drakeborough"...

Well - you pick your choice, I'll pick mine...

Mattias Hallin