Portland Inlet is an
inlet
An inlet is a typically long and narrow indentation of a shoreline such as a small arm, cove, bay, sound, fjord, lagoon or marsh, that leads to an enclosed larger body of water such as a lake, estuary, gulf or marginal sea.
Overview
In ...
of the
Pacific Ocean
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on the
north coast of
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Situated in the Pacific Northwest between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains, the province has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that ...
, Canada, approximately north of
Prince Rupert. It joins
Chatham Sound opposite the
Dixon Entrance. It is long and as much as wide. It drains the
Portland Canal, Nass Bay (outlet of the
Nass River), and
Khutzeymateen Inlet, among others, and is the site of
Pearse Island and Somerville Island. Other major sidewaters of the inlet are
Observatory Inlet and its east arm,
Alice Arm.
Portland Inlet was mapped by the
Vancouver Expedition in 1793 and named Brown Inlet, with
George Vancouver
Captain (Royal Navy), Captain George Vancouver (; 22 June 1757 – 10 May 1798) was a Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for leading the Vancouver Expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern West Coast of the Uni ...
later changing the name to honour the British
House of Portland.
BCGNIS Geographical Name Details
See also
* Fjords of Canada
References
Fjords of British Columbia
North Coast of British Columbia
Inlets of British Columbia
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