# Chatham Channel

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{{Short description|Strait and marine passageway in Canada}}
'''Chatham Channel''' is a [strait](/source/strait) and marine passageway on the coast of [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia).  It leads from the lower reaches of [Knight Inlet](/source/Knight_Inlet) to the opening of [Call Inlet](/source/Call_Inlet), separating [Minstrel](/source/Minstrel_Island) and [East Cracroft Island](/source/East_Cracroft_Island)s from the mainland to the east.<ref>[http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/25426.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Chatham Channel"]</ref> From the opening of Call Inlet, running south then east around East Cracroft, is [Havannah Channel](/source/Havannah_Channel).

==Name origin==
The channel is presumably named for {{HMS|Chatham}}.

==References==
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Category:Straits of British Columbia
Category:Central Coast of British Columbia

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