Best 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: | W. side of Indian Arm, New Westminster Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°22'49"N, 122°52'46"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 17 March 1966 on C.3435, as required by Hydrographic Service to describe the location of a beacon being installed here. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named to remember Canadian Army Private Wilfred Marshall Best, K51759, from Deep Cove; serving with the Seaforth Highlanders when he was killed in action 17 September 1944. Buried at Coriano Ridge War Cemetery, Italy, grave IX, D, 9. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |