Agamemnon 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 Nelson Island and Sechelt Peninsula, New Westminster Land District
Latitude-Longitude: 49°42'47"N, 124°03'20"W at the approximate centre of this feature.
Datum: WGS84
NTS Map: 92F/9
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Origin Notes and History:

Approved on 28 July 1945 on C.3579, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart A579, 1863 et seq. and on BC map 20, 1912.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

Named in 1860 by Captain Richards, HMS Plumper, after HMS Agamemnon, 64 guns, the first line-on-battle ship commanded by Admiral Nelson. Launched 1781, first commander Capt. Benjamin Caldwell; at Trafalger she was commanded by Capt. Sir Edward Berry; ran aground in Rio de la Plata, 1809; total loss.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office