Angle 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 Newcastle Island, between Nanimo Harbour and Departure Bay, Nanaimo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°11'48"N, 123°55'24"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 10 August 1944 as labelled on J.D. Pemberton's 1853 map "Nanaimo Harbour and Part of the Surrounding Country" and on British Admiralty Chart 2512, 1862 et seq, and as listed in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |