Berry Point

Berry Point (49˚18'00" 122˚59'00" S side of Vancouver Hbr, E of Second Narrows). Coastal historian John Walbran says that the point commemorates Rear Adm Sir Edward Berry (1768–1831), but it’s possible that it was simply named (by Capt George Richards, about 1860) after a profusion of berry bushes. Berry was a follower of Adm Lord Nelson and served as his flag capt on HMS Vanguard at the Battle of the Nile in 1798. He was also present at the famous naval battles of St Vincent (1797) and...

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