Belcher Point
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Belcher Point is located on the west side of Vancouver Island, and is named after Sir Edward Belcher (1799-1877), a career naval officer who, among his many exploits, led an expedition in 1852 in search of the fate of the famously tragic Franklin expedition.1
  • 1. Andrew Scott, The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Placenames (Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 2009), 67.
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The Colonial Despatches Team. Belcher Point. The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.0, ed. The Colonial Despatches Team. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/belcher_point.html.

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