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 Placenames (Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 2009), 215.
Mentions of this place in the documents
Vessels in this document

Cadboro, 1824-1860

Places in this document

Fraser River

Steveston

The Colonial Despatches Team. Garry 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/garry_point.html.

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