Cape Lazo is a

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at the tip of the Comox Peninsula on

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. The community of Lazo is located near the cape.BC Names/GeoBC entry "Lazo (community)"
/ref> In 1791 Narváez named the cape Punta de Lazo de la Vega. In Spanish, lazo means 'snare' and vega means 'an open plain'.

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