Brechin 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: | In Nanaimo, facing Newcastle Island, Nanaimo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°11'26"N, 123°56'55"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 January 1949 on C. 3581, as labelled on Department of National Defence sheet, Nanaimo (date not cited), in association with the pre-World War I coal mine that was located here. Confirmed 29 July 1982 on 92G/4. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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This was the location of the Brechin Mine, as identified on BC map 2A, 1913, and on Geological Survey sheet 33A, Nanaimo, 1915; the Brechin Post Office was opened here 1 April 1905; closed 31 August 1917. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |