| Feature Type: | Point - Land area jutting into a water feature; also used for a convex change in direction of a shoreline. |
| Status: |
Not official
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| Other Names: |
Georgina PointOfficial
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| Relative Location: |
N point of Mayne Island, Cowichan Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: |
48°52'25"N, 123°17'29"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: |
WGS84 |
| NTS Map: |
92B/14 |
Origin Notes and History:
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In 1890 (?) Warburton Pike and his associate, Mr. Maudsley, erected a 3-storey building here, with many chimneys and more than 40 rooms, to be used as a licensed establishment, the "Point Comfort Hotel". First proprietor, Thomas Bennett; by 1923 the hotel was the private home of the Maude family; sold that year to Colonel Fawkes and his wife, Lady Constance Fawkes. They changed its' name to "Culzean" (pronounced koo LANE) after her ancestral home. After her death in 1946 the property was operated as the Cherry Tree Inn until it was demolished in 1958. In spite of the name changes, Point Comfort remained the local name for the property, and its' use has expanded to include not only the old hotel site, but also the physical feature. See "Lady of Culzean" by John Borradaile, 1971; also Vancouver Sun, 23 June 1971, p.44
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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