Rainbow Channel

Rainbow Channel (49˚14'00" 123˚53'00" N of Newcastle I, between Snake I and Hudson Rks, entrance to Nanaimo Hbr, SE side of Vancouver I), Rainbow Island (52˚10'00" 128˚04'00" W end of Gunboat Passage, just E of Bella Bella). HMCS Rainbow and Niobe were Canada’s first warships, presented to the nation by Britain in 1910. Both were obsolete cruisers that had seen limited service before their transfer to N America and were used mostly for training by their new owner. The 3,265-tonne, 96-m...

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