Du Vernet 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: | NE side of Digby Island, facing Prince Rupert harbour, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°18'45"N, 130°24'12"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103J/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 30 June 1908 on Chart 303. Confirmed 8 July 1954 on 103 J/8. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named 1907 [by the Department of Marine/ Dominion Charting?] after the Reverend E.H. Du Vernet, DD, appointed as the second bishop of the diocese of Caledonia in 1905. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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This is the location of the ferry terminal linking the Prince Rupert airport on Digby Island with Prince Rupert itself. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |