Clio Channel

[[File:Clio Channel - 50132930988.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Clio Channel and Turnour Island]] '''Clio Channel''' is a marine waterway running southwest to northeast between Turnour and West Cracroft Islands in the Johnstone Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada.<ref>[http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/24820.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Clio Channel"]</ref>

==Name origin== Clio Channel was named c.1866 by Captain Pender for {{HMS|Clio|1858|6}}, which was commanded by Captain Nicholas E.B. Turnour, the namesake of Turnour Island, during the vessel's second commission with the Pacific Station of the Royal Navy from 1864 to 1868,<ref>[http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/24820.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Clio Channel"]</ref> Clio Bay near Kitimat was also named for the ''Clio''.<ref>[http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/38329.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Clio Bay"]</ref>

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