Elsje Point


Elsje Point (49˚17'00" 123˚09'00" English Bay, Vancouver). Elsje Armstrong (1918–81) was chair of the board of trustees of the Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Assoc and played a leading role in the development of the Vancouver Academy of Music. A talented pianist and daughter of former Vancouver Symphony Orchestra conductor Allard de Ridder, she was awarded the Order of Canada in 1977 and an honorary degree from Simon Fraser Univ in 1981. The point is actually an artificial breakwater in...

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