Browning Entrance

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Browning Entrance
Location Range 4 Coast Land District [1]
Coordinates 53°43′0″N130°30′51″W / 53.71667°N 130.51417°W / 53.71667; -130.51417 [2]
Type strait
EtymologyGeorge Alexander Browning
Part of Hecate Strait; Inside Passage
Basin  countries Canada
Islands Goschen Island, Dolphin Island, Spicer Island, Banks Island, McCauley Island
Location
Browning Entrance
Interactive map of Browning Entrance

Browning Entrance is a strait in British Columbia [1] , located north Banks Island, [2] and provides part one of the main maritime routes from Hecate Strait to Kitimat, [3] also used by tugs towing scows or timber rafts crossing from Haida Gwaii. [4]

Strong storms can initiate broad oscillations that last for days, degrading current predictability compared to tides alone. This can create navigational concerns for smaller boats and towing operations. [5]

Browning Entrance light, on the north islet of White Rocks, is shown at an elevation of 41 ft (12 m) from a skeleton tower. [4]

Etymology

Named in 1870 by Captain Pender, after George Alexander Browning, his assistant surveying officer aboard HM hired surveying vessel HMS Beaver, 1863–1868; previously second master aboard HMS Hecate, under Captain Richards, 1861–1862.

References

  1. 1 2 "Browning Entrance". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2026-01-06.
  2. 1 2 "Browning Entrance". BC Geographical Names .
  3. ↑ "British Columbia North Coast Waterway Management Guidelines – SSB No.: 26/2023" (HTML). Government of Canada. Transport Canada. 20 December 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  4. 1 2 "Canadian sailing directions. PAC 206, Hecate Strait, Dixon Entrance, Portland Inlet and adjacent waters and Haida Gwaii" (PDF). Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Canadian Hydrographic Service, Fisheries and Oceans Canada. 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  5. ↑ Thomson, J.; Huggett, D. (1981). "Wind-driven inertial oscillations of large spatial coherence". Continental Shelf Research. 1 (1): 1–25. doi:10.1016/0278-4343(81)90001-4.
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