Rant Point (49˚16'00" 125˚50'00" SW entrance to Bedwell Sd, Clayoquot Sd, W side of Vancouver I). Geraldine Muriel Rant (1890–1963) pre-empted Welcome I in nearby Cypress Bay in 1912 and received a Crown grant for the property in 1917. She had accompanied her large family to BC from England in 1894. Parents Annie and William John Rant (1851–1930) settled at Colwood and farmed, though William, a former British Army capt who had seen action in S Africa and India, also held a number of posts...
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