Description
Milne Point is located on Beaufort Sea coast, 7 mi. W of Beechey Point, Arctic Plain.
History
Named "Point Milne" by P. W. Dease and Thomas Simpson on July 24, 1837 (in Simpson, 1843, p. 129). Leffingwell (1919, p. 89) writes, "Point Milne has been placed (by Leffingwell) on a conspicuous point on the mainland in the approximate position indicated by the Dease and Simpson map."