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Princess Royal Channel

Channel in British Columbia, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Princess Royal Channel is a channel in the North Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, separating Princess Royal Island from the mainland.[1] The southern half of the channel is also called Graham Reach,[2] and the northern half Fraser Reach.[3]

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The southern half of the channel was first charted by George Vancouver in 1793 with his ships Discovery and Chatham, which anchored about mid-way up the channel; James Johnstone, one of Vancouver's lieutenants, charted its northern half the same summer.[4]

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