Belmont Point

Belmont Point (49˚48'00" 126˚56'00" E entrance to Port Langford, Nuchatlitz Inlet, W side of Vancouver I). Named in 1862 by RN surveyor Capt George Richards after Belmont, the Esquimalt Hbr residence of David Cameron, brother-in-law of Gov James Douglas and chief justice of the colony of Vancouver I, 1853–65. Cameron named his home after his former estate in British Guiana (Guyana). Belmont was eventually dismantled when Fort Rodd Hill was developed but still lends its name to the...

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