# Slingsby Channel

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**Slingsby Channel** is a [strait](/source/Strait) on the north side of [Bramham Island](/source/Bramham_Island) in the [Queen Charlotte Strait](/source/Queen_Charlotte_Strait) region of the [Central Coast of British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia_Coast).[1] It is one of only two entrances to [Seymour Inlet](/source/Seymour_Inlet) and the associated maze of waterways inland, which lie to the northeast of Bramham. The other entrance is [Schooner Channel](/source/Schooner_Channel), formerly Schooner Passage, on the east side of that island.

The [Fox Islands](/source/Fox_Islands_(British_Columbia)), which lie in its entrance, Bramham Island and the channel itself, plus Slingsby Rock and Slingsby Point, are named in association with [Bramham Park](/source/Bramham_Park), the [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire) home of [George Lane-Fox](/source/George_Lane-Fox_(MP)).[2]

Through the Slingsby Channel flows the world's strongest current, the Nakwakto Rapids, that has been measured at speeds up to 18.4 miles per hour.[3] The current is so fast at times, that people have tied a rope to Turret Rock, which is located right in the middle of the rapids, and then water-skied.[4]

## References

1. Weihs, Jean (1995). [*Facts about Canada, Its Provinces and Territories*](https://archive.org/details/factsaboutcanada00weih). H.W. Wilson Company.

1. ["Tremble Island, in Nakwakto Rapids: the fastest navigable waters in the world."](http://wikimapia.org/16875015/Tremble-Island-in-Nakwakto-Rapids-the-fastest-navigable-waters-in-the-world). wikimapia. Retrieved February 18, 2013.

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