Guise 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: | SE side of Hecate Island, Fitz Hugh Sound, N of entrance to Rivers Inlet, Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°40'15"N, 127°57'54"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92M/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 27 April 1945 on C.3784, as submitted by Hydrographic Service. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Named by Hydrographic Service, after Captain Guise, in charge of the East Indian Company's vessel "Experiment", visiting this coast from Bombay in 1786 for trading purposes. Also Experiment Point. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |