Engerbrightson Point

Engerbrightson Point (52˚40'00" 127˚01'00" W side of Dean Channel, opposite Swallop Ck). Ole E Engebretson was one of the Norwegian settlers who colonized the Bella Coola valley in the 1890s. He received a Crown land grant there in 1901 but later moved to the W Chilcotin. (Spellings of pioneer names can vary considerably: Engebretson appeared on the Crown land papers, Engelbretson on other early documents, and Engerbretson was used by the family’s descendants.)

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