Stark 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. side of entrance to Hevenor Inlet, Pitt Island, Range 4, Coast Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°37'21"N, 130°03'53"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103G/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 July 1950 on 103G/9 as labeled on. C.3746. Named to commemorate RCAF Flight/Lieutenant G.D. Stark, D.F.C. No. J85641, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Stark was killed in action 2 August 1944, age 21. Stark is burried in the Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery in Yorkshire, United Kingdom. He was the son of William J. Stark and Cora M. Stark. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |