| Feature Type: | Point - Land area jutting into a water feature; also used for a convex change in direction of a shoreline. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Extending N into Nanaimo Harbour on the W side of Northumberland Channel, Nanaimo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°08'59"N, 123°53'00"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 11 May 1905 and identified in the 6th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1906, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 2512, 1903; applying to a narrow peninsula or finger extending into Northumberland Channel, about 1 mile southeast of Jack Point. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1903 by Cmdr Parry, HM Egeria, suggested by the fact that the adjacent channel had been named after the Duke of Northumberland in 1853. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Eventually Duke Point and the adjacent larger finger, Jack Point, were dredged and filled, forming one large peninsula, now commonly called Duke Point. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |