Octopus Point

Octopus Point (48˚48'00" 123˚34'00" W side of Sansum Narrows, opposite Burgoyne Bay on Saltspring I, SE side of Vancouver I). The origin of the current name is uncertain, but prior to 1946 the feature was known officially as Burial Point, a name bestowed by RN hydrographer Capt George Richards in 1858. In the 1861 edition of the chart for the area, the feature appears as Grave Point, an unfortunate error as there is another Grave Point just 6 km to the NW. Future editions corrected the...

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