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Arthur Passage
Arthur Passage
	Looking southward down Arthur Passage
	Arthur Passage
Coordinates	54°01′45″N 130°14′21″W / 54.02917°N 130.23917°W

Arthur Passage is a marine waterway in British Columbia, Canada. It is part of the Inside Passage connecting Grenville Channel (at its southeast end) with Malacca Passage (at its northwest end).^[1] A significant feature is Hanmer Island, located in the middle of the north end of the passage.^[2]

Name origin

Arthur Passage was named in 1867 by Captain Daniel Pender, RN, after the third governor of Vancouver Island, Arthur E. Kennedy.^[3]

Ecology

The hyper-maritime forests surrounding Arthur Passage have extensive areas of wet, slow-growing forests of western redcedar and yellow-cedar. Macrofauna in the forest floor of Hanmer Island include Sowbugs, Millipedes, Centipedes, Potworms and Earthworms.^[4]

Hydrology

The Arthur Passage flood tide sets northerly and the ebb sets southerly, tidal currents attain 2.5 knots (4.6 km/h; 2.9 mph) near Hanmer Island.^[1]

History

In the morning of January 14, 1942, the American troopship USAT David W. Branch, carrying 350 passengers, went aground on Hammer Island.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Charts 3927, 3773, 3717, Arthur Passage". Sailing Directions, British Columbia Coast, (Northern Portion). II (Ninth Edition): 162–163. 1983.
^ "Hanmer Island". BC Geographical Names.
^ "Arthur Passage". BC Geographical Names.
^ J.M. Kranabetter; A. Banner. Selected biological and chemical properties offorest floors across bedrock types on the northcoast of British Columbia (Report). pp. 971–981. Kranabetter, J.M.; Banner, A. (February 2011). "Selected biological and chemical properties offorest floors across bedrock types on the northcoast of British Columbia". Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 30 (6): 971–981. doi:10.1139/x00-018. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
^ Roy, Dr. R. H. (1976). "[PDF] The Defence of Prince Rupert: An Eyewitness Account". The British Columbian Quarterly. Retrieved 2020-03-20.