Grice 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: | NW point of Esowista Peninsula, in Tofino, Clayoquot Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°09'09"N, 125°54'48"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 10th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1911, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart #1835, 1908 or earlier. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After John Grice, JP, early settler and land owner who, on 30 July 1896 alienated Lot 114 at the north end of Low (now Esowista) Peninsula Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |