Brown Passage is a deep (up to 200 m) ocean channel connecting the western offshore waters of
Hecate Strait
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and
Dixon Entrance on the Pacific continental shelf with the eastern inland waters of
Chatham Sound in the
North Coast of British Columbia
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,
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.
Located between
Dundas and
Stephens Islands, the passage is part of the main commercial approach to
Prince Rupert.
The western entrance is guarded by the
Triple Island Lighthouse.
Brown Passage was named in July 1793 by
Captain Vancouver, after
Captain William Brown, of the ''
Butterworth'', which vessel Vancouver met with at the north end of
Stephens Island on 21 July 1793.
References
Straits of British Columbia
North Coast of British Columbia
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