Garry Point
Garry Point is located west of Steveston on the north side of the Fraser River.1 It was named after Nicholas Garry, who served as deputy governor of the HBC from 1822-35.2 The point was named by Captain Aemilius Simpson of the HBC schooner Cadboro, the first vessel to enter the Fraser River, in 1827.
  • 1. Garry Point, BC Geographical Names Information System.
  • 2. Andrew Scott, The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names (Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 2009), 215.
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Cadboro, 1824-1860

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Fraser River

Steveston