Today, Laurel Point is on the south side of the entrance to Victoria Harbour. However, an 1846 map shows it on the north side, with the current location of Laurel Point marked as “Crown
Point”.
Apparently, the “laurels” on this Songhees Nation burial ground were arbutus trees.1 It was known also as Sehl's Point for a time in late 1800s, after a furniture maker
who constructed a factory in the area.2
1. Andrew Scott, The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names (Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 2009), 330.