Nile Point

Nile Point (49˚46'00" 123˚59'00" NE end of Nelson I, Jervis Inlet, NW of Vancouver). Named by the hydrographic service in 1945 in association with Nelson I to commemorate Horatio Nelson’s victory in the 1798 Battle of the Nile. Nelson was a rear adm at the time, in command of a squadron of 14 vessels with HMS Vanguard as his flagship. He attacked a French fleet of 15 ships at night at Aboukir Bay, Egypt, and by managing to slip some of his vessels around the end of the French line, he was...

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