Bute Inlet
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| Land mass | North America | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 30 ′ N , 125 ° 4 ′ W | |
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| width | 3.4 km | |
| length | 80 km | |
| surface | 300 km² | |
| Tributaries | Homathko River , Southgate River , Orford River, Paradise River, Moh Creek, Bear River, Teaquahan River | |
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The Bute Inlet is a fjord on the west coast of the Canadian province of British Columbia .
The fjord is in the north of the Strathcona Regional District . The bay, on average 3.4 km wide, meanders 80 km north into the Pacific Ranges in the south of the Coast Mountains . The Homathko River and Southgate River flow into the northern head end . At the southern exit is Stuart Island , one of the Discovery Islands . To the east of the island the fjord is connected to the Calm Channel , to the west to the Cordero Channel .
The Bute Inlet was named in 1792 by Captain George Vancouver after John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713–1792), a British politician.
The planned construction of a road connection between the mouth of the Bute Inlet and Alexandria , which was promoted by Alfred Waddington , was finally the trigger for the Chilcotin War in 1864 .
Web links
- Bute Inlet . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Andrew Scott: The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names: A Complete Reference to Coastal British Columbia . Harbor Publishing, Madeira Park, BC 2009, ISBN 978-1-55017-484-7 , pp. 96 (English).