Batchelor Point

Batchelor Point (49˚11'00" 123˚55'00" NE point of Protection I, Nanaimo Hbr, off E side of Vancouver I). Named in 1853 by George Inskip, master of HMS Virago and in charge of survey duties. A seaman named Batchelor was apparently a member of the boat crew that sounded Nanaimo Hbr and Departure Bay that year.

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