Homfray Channel
| Homfray Channel | |
|---|---|
| French: Canal Homfray | |
| Thee chum mi yich (Coast Salish languages) | |
| File:Homfray Channel .jpg | |
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| File:Carte baie Desolation fr.png Homfray Channel is located between East Redonda Island and the mainland coast of British Columbia | |
| Location | Desolation Sound, Discovery Islands, British Columbia |
| Coordinates | Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| Type | Strait |
| Primary inflows | Toba Inlet |
| River sources | Forbes Creek, Homfray Creek, Lloyd Creek |
| Ocean/sea sources | Salish Sea |
| References | [1] |
Homfray Channel[1] is a deep water channel, reaching depths of 731 meters (2400 feet), located between East Redonda and the mainland coast of British Columbia, Canada.
Geography
[edit | edit source]Homfray Channel connects Desolation Sound to the southwest with Toba Inlet to the north. The channel features several small bays along its eastern shores, the largest being Forbes Bay, which has a Klahoose name of AHPOKUM.[2]
The channel contains several islands, the largest of these islands being Melville Island[3] and Eveleigh Island.[4]
History
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Homfray Channel's Coast Salish name is Thee chum mi yich, meaning "further back inside". The channel is within the territory of the Klahoose First Nation.
The channel was named after Robert Homfray, Civil Engineer , b.1824 d, 1902. Homfray attempted to find a better way to the Chilcotin Gold fields via Bute Inlet with the aid of a Klahoose Chief.
Hydrology
[edit | edit source]Homfray Channel delineates part of the northern limit of the Salish Sea.[5]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ Environmental History and Features of Puget Sound Archived 2009-05-13 at the Wayback Machine, NOAA-NWFSC
External links
[edit | edit source]Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
