Thorenson Point

Thorenson Point (52˚19'00" 127˚34'00" N side of Dean Channel, just SE of Ocean Falls). This feature was named, but misspelled, by the hydrographic service in 1953 after Peder H Thoreson, one of the original Norwegian colonists in the Bella Coola valley in 1894. While the early Scandinavian settlers often altered or anglicized their names, Thoreson’s signature or written surname is clearly visible on several of the colony’s early documents and agreements, as well as on surveyor Peter...

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