North Bentinck Arm
| Feature Type: | Arm - Long narrow extension of a water body. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E of Burke Channel, at mouth of Bella Coola River, Range 3 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°21'39"N, 126°53'33"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93D/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 7 March 1933, as labelled on BC map 1A, 1912. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Bentinck Arms" was named by Vancouver in 1793, after the noble house of Portland; at the time of the naming, the ducal title was held by William Henry Cavendish Bentinck. See Walbran's British Columbia Coast Names for more information. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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The head of the north arm had been known as "bel-kula". Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |