Compton Point
Compton Point is a headland in the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, forming the northwest entrance point to Wells Passage opposite North Broughton Island.[1]
Name origin[]
Compton Point, like Compton Island at the southeast end of Queen Charlotte Strait, was named about 1866 by Captain Pender for of Hampshire. From a Quaker family, she came to Victoria in the employ of the Hudson's Bay Company, working as a clerk. He was serving as a trading clerk on the Labouchere when he was taken captive by natives in Alaska in August 1862.[2] He was stationed at Port Simpson (Lax Kw'alaams today) and at Fort Rupert where he was in charge. He returned to England in 1866 on the Hudson's Bay's , but a few years later was in California, returning to Victoria afterwards, where he dies in 1879.[3] Compton Point at the entrance to Wells Passage was also named for him.[4][5]
References[]
- ^ BC Names entry "Compton Point"
- ^ Victoria Colonist, August 23, 1862
- ^ British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: their origin and history, John T. Walbran, Ottawa, 1909 (republished for the Vancouver Public Library by J.J. Douglas Ltd, Vancouver, 1971), quoted in the BC Names entry.
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Compton Island"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Compton Point"
Coordinates: 50°53′09″N 126°53′45″W / 50.88583°N 126.89583°W
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