Bedford Channel
| Feature Type: | Channel (2) - Alternative course in a flowing water body, or a distributary within a delta. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | In Fraser River, S side of McMillan Island, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°10'21"N, 122°34'40"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 11 Feburary 1936 on 92G/2, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 1922, 1860 et seq, 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 c1859 by Captain Richards, RN, in association with Russel Reach, presumably after the House of Bedford, OR perhaps after George A. Bedford, rear admiral, and/or Edward J. Bedford (1810-1887), vice admiral - brothers who were associated with the surveying branch of the Royal Navy for many years. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |