Kingcome Point is a

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on the northwest tip of

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in the North Coast region of

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Name origin

The point was named about 1867 by Captain Pender, RN, for William Kingcome, who captained the

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''Princess Royal'' in 1862–63. Kingcome was the nephew of Admiral

John Kingcome Admiral Sir John Kingcome, KCB (14 February 1793 – 7 August 1871) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station. Naval career Kingcome joined the Royal Navy in 1808 and was present at the destruction of the F ...

, commander of the Royal Navy's

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from 1863 to 1864, for whom the various Kingcome placenames around and including

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were named. Another point on Princess Royal Island,

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, the island's northernmost tip, was named for the previous captain of the ''Princess Royal'', J.T. Trivett, who captained the vessel in 1859-1861 when William Kingcome as its first master.''British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: their origin and history; Ottawa, 1909'', Captain John T. Walbran, Ottawa, 1909, quoted in the BC Names/GeoBC entry

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Name origin

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