| 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 Vancouver Harbour, E of Second Narrows, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°17'42"N, 122°59'13"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 February 1948 on C.3434, as labelled on British Admiralty Charts 2689, 1864; 1917, 1865; 1922, 1868, et seq. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Not labelled on 1860 edition of British Admiralty Chart A1922 (from Richards' surveys of 1859-60); labelled on 1868 edition, showing additional surveys by Captain Pender. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named c1860 by Captain Richards, perhaps after Rear Admiral Sir Edward Berry (1768-1831), one of Nelson's captains (see Walbran), or perhaps because of the plentiful berry bushes. Source: Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |