Beauchemin Channel
| Feature Type: | Channel (3) - Narrow stretch of water connecting two bodies of water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W side of Aristazabal Island, Range 3 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°39'31"N, 129°16'23"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103A/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 February 1926 on C.323, as suggested by Hydrographic Service. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by H.D. Parizeau, Hydrographic Service, after Joseph Ulric Beauchemin, assistant hydrographer and senior assistant of the Atlantic Coast survey, who was in charge of a survey camp at Borrowman Bay on Aristazabal Island in 1922. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |