Laurel Point

Laurel Point (48˚25'28" 123˚22'34" S side of Inner Hbr, Victoria Hbr, Victoria). Victoria pioneer James Anderson, son of HBC explorer Alexander Caulfield Anderson, recalled that the “laurels” at this former First Nation burial ground were really arbutus trees. The feature’s local name in the late 1800s was Sehl’s Point, as it was here that Jacob Sehl constructed his pioneer furniture factory in 1885. Next door to this large brick structure he erected a spectacular Queen Anne-style...

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