Browning Entrance


Browning Entrance is a strait in British Columbia,
located north Banks Island,
and provides part one of the main maritime routes from Hecate Strait to Kitimat,SSB 26/2023">
also used by tugs towing scows or timber rafts crossing from Haida Gwaii.
Strong storms can initiate broad oscillations that last for days, degrading current predictability compared to tides alone. This can create navigational concerns for smaller boats and towing operations.
Browning Entrance light, on the north islet of White Rocks, is shown at an elevation of from a skeleton tower.

Etymology

Named in 1870 by Captain Pender, after George Alexander Browning, his assistant surveying officer aboard HM hired surveying vessel HMS Beaver, 18631868; previously second master aboard HMS Hecate, under Captain Richards, 18611862.