Weir Point
| Language of origin | English language |
| 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 side of Pedder Bay below Mary Hill, S end of Vancouver Island, Metchosin Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°20'28"N, 123°33'17"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Weir Point adopted 6 November 1934 on National Defence sheet 415b, Metchosin; not "Turn Point" as labelled on British Admiralty Chart #1906, 1848 et seq. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Re-named by H.D. Parizeau, Hydrographic Service, presumably to avoid duplication. After a pioneering family; Hugh J. Weir had secured a Crown Grant to Sec 34, Metchosin District, 7 December 1871. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |