Bentinck Narrows


Bentinck Narrows (51˚59'00" 126˚41'00" Near the head of S Bentinck Arm), North Bentinck Arm (52˚22'00" 126˚53'00" Between the mouth of the Bella Coola R and Burke Channel), South Bentinck Arm (52˚10'00" 126˚50'00" S of N Bentinck Arm and Bella Coola). William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (1738–1809), 3rd Duke of Portland, was a Tory statesman who served as PM of Britain in 1783 and 1807–9. The N and S Bentinck arms were named by Capt George Vancouver in 1793 after Lt James Johnstone had...

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