Trivett Point is a
headland at the northern tip of
Princess Royal Island
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in the
North Coast region of
British Columbia
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,
Canada
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.
Name origin
The point, and nearby
Kingcome Point to its east, was named about 1867 by
Captain Pender,
RN, for
J.T. Trivett, who captained the
Hudson's Bay Company
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barque
A barque, barc, or bark is a type of sailing vessel with three or more masts having the fore- and mainmasts rigged square and only the mizzen (the aftmost mast) rigged fore and aft. Sometimes, the mizzen is only partly fore-and-aft rigged, b ...
''Princess Royal'' in 1859–1861.
[''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 for Kingcome Point]
References
Headlands of British Columbia
North Coast of British Columbia
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