Payne Point

Payne Point (48˚48'00" 123˚13'00" W side of Saturna I, Gulf Is). This point is believed to be named after Gerald Fitzroy Payne (1870–1952), a wealthy young Englishman who followed his older brother Charles out to BC in 1886. Charles had bought property in the Gulf Is and at Oak Bay, and built a house on Saturna I with his friend Warburton Pike. The two men also had a nice little steam launch, the Saturna, built at a boatyard in Victoria. Charles returned to England but Gerald stayed on and...

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