Byron Point
| 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: | N shore of Drury Inlet, N of Port McNeill, Range 1 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°54'14"N, 127°01'16"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Byron Point adopted 6 January 1949 on Ottawa file OBF 2552, as recommended by Hydrographic Service and labelled on BC map 2C, 1948; not Thomas Point as had been labelled on 1919 & 1929 editions of BC map 2C. Change recommended to avoid duplication. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Re-named by Hydrographic Service, after Byron Drury. See Drury Inlet. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |