Brown Passage

Brown Passage is a deep (up to 200 m) ocean channel connecting the western offshore waters of Hecate Strait and Dixon Entrance on the Pacific continental shelf with the eastern inland waters of Chatham Sound in the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada.^[1]

Brown Passage
Looking northward across Brown Passage.webp
Brown Passage
Location	British Columbia, Canada
Coordinates	54°19′24″N 130°48′42″W

Located between Dundas and Stephens Islands, the passage is part of the main commercial approach to Prince Rupert.^[2] 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.^[1]