Purfleet Point

Purfleet Point (49˚10'00" 122˚59'00" W tip of Annacis I, lower Fraser R). This feature appears on an Admiralty chart from 1859–60 and is presumably named for Purfleet, Essex, a village on the Thames R, SE of London. In the 18th century, after a serious explosion at the Woolwich Garrison, the British government stored gunpowder at this site and stationed a garrison there to protect it. Five partly buried magazines, each with walls more than 1 m thick, were surrounded by moats and additional...

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