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Файл:Clark and Lyford, Ltd standing boom in the southwest arm of Booker Lagoon, Broughton Island, British Columbia, June 16, 1917 (AL+CA 7778).jpg
Broughton Island in 1917

Broughton Island is an island in the Broughton Archipelago of the Queen Charlotte Strait area of the Central Coast of British Columbia, northwest of Gilford Island.[1]

Broughton Lagoon is a shallow inlet on its north side,[2] at Шаблон:Coord

To the north is North Broughton Island.[3]

Name origin

Broughton Island and the Broughton Archipelago, and Broughton Strait nearby, were all named in 1792 by Captain George Vancouver, for Commander William Robert Broughton, captain of Шаблон:HMS during his first tenure in British Columbia, and thereafter upon his return to the British Columbia Coast, of Шаблон:HMS. Шаблон:HMS, Vancouver's ship, and HMS Chatham under Broughton were anchored off the south shore of this island on July 28, 1792.[4]

See also

References

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  1. BC Names/GeoBC entry "Broughton Island"
  2. BC Names/GeoBC entry "Broughton Lagoon"
  3. BC Names/GeoBC entry "North Broughton Island"
  4. British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: their origin and history, Captain John T. Walbran, Ottawa, 1909