| 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: | N tip of Duke Point, Nanaimo Harbour, Nanaimo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°09'59"N, 123°53'39"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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"Jack Point (not Jack's Point nor Sharp Point) adopted 11 May 1905 and identified in the 6th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1906. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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In the early days this was the northern tip of a peninsula at low water - an island at high tide. Labelled Sharp Point on British Admiralty Chart 2512, 1860 et seq; labelled Lighthouse Point on maps to accompany E&N Land Grant. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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At same time Jack Point was named, the name Duke Point was adopted for the smaller, adjacent finger extending into Nanaimo Harbour. Eventually the fingers were dredged and filled, forming one large peninsula, commonly called Duke Point. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Jack Dolholt (1819-1905), resident on this point for 40 years. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |