| Feature Type: | Channel (3) - Narrow stretch of water connecting two bodies of water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | S of Barrier Group Smith Sound, S of entrance of Rivers Inlet, Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°17'52"N, 127°38'36"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92M/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Browning Channel adopted 7 October 1948 on C.3776 as recommended by Hydrographic Service; not "Browning Passage" as had been labelled on British Admiralty Charts 1870 et seq. Change recommended to avoid confusion with another Browning Passage in Queen Charlotte Strait. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named 1870 by Captain Pender, RN, after George Alexander Browning, his assistant surveying officer aboard HM hired surveying vessel Beaver, 1863-68; previously second master aboard HM Hecate, under Captain Richards, 1861-62. See also Walbran's "British Columbia Coast Names". Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |