# Clio Channel

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[[File:Clio Channel - 50132930988.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Clio Channel and [Turnour Island](/source/Turnour_Island)]]
'''Clio Channel''' is a marine waterway running southwest to northeast between [Turnour](/source/Turnour_Island) and [West Cracroft Island](/source/West_Cracroft_Island)s in the [Johnstone Strait](/source/Johnstone_Strait) region of the [Central Coast of British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia_Coast), [Canada](/source/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](/source/Daniel_Pender) for {{HMS|Clio|1858|6}}, which was commanded by Captain [Nicholas E.B. Turnour](/source/Nicholas_E.B._Turnour), the namesake of Turnour Island, during the vessel's second commission with the [Pacific Station](/source/Pacific_Station) of the [Royal Navy](/source/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](/source/Clio_Bay) near [Kitimat](/source/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>

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

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