Moody Point

Moody Point (53˚32'00" 128˚59'00" N end of Ursula Channel, N of Princess Royal I, S of Kitimat). Named about 1875 by members of a CPR land survey team searching for a suitable terminus for the transcontinental railroad. Sub-Lt Thomas B Moody served aboard HMS Boxer, under Lt Cdr William Collins, 1871–75. The RN gun vessel conducted a marine survey of N coast inlets for the same purpose while it was stationed on the BC coast. According to former UBC anthropologist Jay Powell, the area in the...

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