Oaks Point

Oaks Point (49˚30'00" 124˚00'00" NE point of N Thormanby I, S end of Malaspina Str, NW of Sechelt and Vancouver). Capt George Richards and his officers, aboard the RN survey vessel Plumper, apparently enjoyed the occasional flutter. They gave the area many horse-racing names in 1860 after hearing happy news of that year’s Epsom Derby. The Oaks, for three-year-old fillies, was another long-established race held annually at the Epsom Downs racecourse. It was founded in 1779 by the Earl of...

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