Witherby Point

Witherby Point (49˚29'00" 123˚28'00" W side of Howe Sd, N of Gibsons, NW of Vancouver). After Percival Witherby, who received a Crown grant for land at this location in 1897. According to a record at BC’s Geographical Names Office, he was a talented man, an excellent writer and speaker, and a good linguist, who spoke and read French, Spanish, Portuguese and German fluently.

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