Steel Point

Steel Point (53˚49'00" 128˚42'00" E side of Amos Passage, E of Kitimat Arm, S of Kitimat). Named (but incorrectly spelled) by the hydrographic service in 1952 for prospector and miner James L Steele (b 1867), a native of PEI, who was active in the Kitimat region, 1900–1910. In company with his partner John Dunn, he staked numerous copper, gold and silver claims in the area, including the Golden Crown, Paragon, Peerless and Porcupine properties. In 1903–5 he was listed in the annual...

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