Broughton Strait
| Feature Type: | Strait - Passage, usually navigable, connecting two larger bodies of water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | S side of Malcolm and Cormorant Islands, SE of Port Hardy, Rupert Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°36'12"N, 127°02'07"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/11 |
| Related Maps: |
92L 92L/10 92L/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 May 1933 on 92L/7, as named in 1792 by Captain Vancouver and long-labelled on British Admiralty charts and BC maps. See Broughton Island. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |