Chancellor Channel
| Feature Type: | Channel (3) - Narrow stretch of water connecting two bodies of water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | N of West Thurlow Island, Johnstone Strait, Range 1 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°25'14"N, 125°41'31"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92K/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 3 December 1946 on C.3587, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 581, 1867 et seq, and on BC map 2C, 1919. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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So-named in 1860 by Captain Richards, because this body of water separates islands named in 1792 by Captain Vancouver after Lord Chancellors of England - the 1st Earl of Hardwicke and Edward, Lord Thurlow, who served Parliament in that capacity in the 1740's and 1780's respectively. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |