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    Frederic Point (foreground) on Read Island from the southwest

    Frederic Point, according to The Enyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names, is named after Captain Sir Frederick Evans, who was hydrographer of the Royal Navy, 1874-84. The misspelling of "Frederick," which appeared on Admiralty charts as early as 1862, remains unexplained.

     

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