Dean Channel

Dean Channel (52˚19'00" 127˚31'00" From Fisher Channel NE to mouth of Dean R, W and N of Bella Coola), Dean Island (52˚11'00" 127˚52'00" Junction of Johnson Channel and Fisher Channel, SW of entrance to Dean Channel). Capt George Vancouver named “Dean’s Canal” in 1793 in association with King I (qv) and Raphoe Point, after Rev James King (d 1795), dean of Raphoe, Ireland. The dean was the father of RN Capt James King, a great friend of Vancouver, with whom he had sailed on Capt James...

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