POINT SAMSON WA

  Next a quick trip out to Point Samson, a small coastal settlement of about 300, that was established in 1904 as a deep water port to service Roebourne and the surrounding districts. The town was named after Michael Samson  in 1863 however, I learnt that for years the point was misspelled as Sampson until the error was discovered in 1918 when the government rectified the problem. At one stage in it's history Point Samson handled the third largest tonnage in WA. The area is attractive and well worth the visit.