Clio Channel
| Feature Type: | Channel (3) - Narrow stretch of water connecting two bodies of water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Between West Cracroft and Turnour Islands, Johnstone Strait, Range 1 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°35'21"N, 126°24'09"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 4 September 1947 on C.3584, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 1868 et seq, and on BC map 2C, 1919, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by Captain Pender, RN, c1866, in association with Turnour Island; Captain Nicholas E.B. Turnour had command of HMS Clio on her second commission of this station, 1864-1868. See Clio Bay for a further description. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |