Batchelor 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 point of Protection Island, Nanaimo Harbour, Nanaimo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°10'57"N, 123°54'54"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 4 October 1945 on C.3579, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 573, 1864 et seq. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1853 by Mr. George H. Inskip, master, HMS Virago, after a member of the ship's crew who had assisted in the sounding of Nanaimo Harbour and Departure Bay that year. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |