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Ten Mile Point (other)
Ten Mile Point may refer to the following: * Ten Mile Point, British Columbia, a residential neighbourhood in Greater Victoria, British Columbia, Canada * Ten Mile Point, New York Ten Mile Point (Tenmile Point) is a scenic area on the shore of Skaneateles Lake, New York, a popular picnic spot for lake outings in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Staff (31 May 1990) "Six Town Picnic makes a revival" ''The Post-Standard ..., an area on the shore of Skaneateles Lake, New York, USA * Ten Mile Point, Ontario, an area on Manitoulin Island near Little Current, in Ontario, Canada {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ten Mile Point, British Columbia
Ten Mile Point is a neighbourhood in the District of Saanich in Victoria, British Columbia, and is the most easterly point on Vancouver Island. Ten Mile Point was so named because it was ten nautical miles () from what was at the time the headquarters of the Pacific Station of the Royal Navy (now CFB Esquimalt). Ten Mile Point is a wooded peninsula that forms one side of Cadboro Bay, the home of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club and the mythical Cadborosaurus sea monster. Cadboro Point is located on the east part of this peninsula. Prevost Hill was named after James Charles Prevost, British commissioner in the negotiations to settle the San Juan boundary dispute. Prevost Hill is the highest elevation on Ten Mile Point and is known informally in the neighbourhood as "Minnie Mountain". Prevost Hill is the location for a subdivision within Ten Mile Point called "Wedgewood Point" or "Wedgewood Estates". A small wooded island, "Flower Island", almost touches the southern shore of Ten Mile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ten Mile Point, New York
Ten Mile Point (Tenmile Point) is a scenic area on the shore of Skaneateles Lake, New York, a popular picnic spot for lake outings in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Staff (31 May 1990) "Six Town Picnic makes a revival" ''The Post-Standard'' Syracuse, New York, "Neighbors West" section, page 3 It is located at the mouth of a ravineCollins, George K. (1917) ''Spafford, Onondaga County, New York'' Onondaga Historical Association, Syracuse, New York, page 84OCLC 3850828/ref> on alluvium. Onondaga County Road 72 runs through it and is locally known as "10 Mile Point Road". It was formerly the property of the Skaneateles Railroad and Steamboat Company (Skaneateles Park Company) who built a steamboat dock, a dancing pavilion and planted a grove of trees there.Collins, George K. (1917) ''Spafford, Onondaga County, New York'' Onondaga Historical Association, Syracuse, New York, page 58OCLC 3850828/ref> Their planned hotel was never built. And in 1906 Ten Mile Point was purchased b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
