Jorkins 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: | S end of Swindle Island, Milbanke Sound, NW of Bella Bella, Range 3 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°25'54"N, 128°29'53"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103A/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Jorkins Point (not Dawkins Point)" adopted in the 6th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1906, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 1923B, 1868 et seq. Re-approved 8 June 1946 on C.3728, 14 June 1946 on 103SE, 8 July 1948 on C.3734 and 4 September 1952 on 103A. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |