Feature Type: | Point - Land area jutting into a water feature; also used for a convex change in direction of a shoreline. |
Status: |
Official
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Name Authority: |
BC Geographical Names Office |
Relative Location: |
Just SE of Point Grey on UBC campus in Vancouver, New Westminster Land District |
Latitude-Longitude: |
49°15'53"N, 123°15'57"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
92G/6 |
Origin Notes and History:
Adopted 8 April 1981 on 92G/6, as submitted by J.E. (Ted) Roberts.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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Submitted by J.E. (Ted) Roberts, to commemorate the efforts of Captain Vancouver's 4th Boat Expedition under Lieutenant Peter Puget, who identified the feature by this name in his journal, June 1792. A photocopy of Puget's published journal in Vancouver Public Library. Original held at Public Records Office, London (PRO ADM 55/27); from Puget's notes held at the British Library (BL Add. MS 17545 and MS 17546)
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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