Georgina Point


Georgina Point (48˚52'00" 123˚17'00" N tip of Mayne I, Gulf Is), Georgina Shoals (Just N of Georgina Point). Georgina Mary Berkeley (1793–1878) was the wife of Rear Adm Sir George Seymour, cdr-in-chief on the Pacific Station, 1844–46. They were married in 1811, when Seymour was a capt (see also Seymour Narrows). A boat party under Capt George Vancouver had camped in the vicinity of Georgina Point in 1792 while doing survey work; in 1881, Mayne I pioneer William Collinson found an English...

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