The Broughton Peaks are a group of low

mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited Summit (topography), summit area, and ...

summits west of the south end of

Effingham Inlet Effingham may refer to: Geography Europe *Effingham, Surrey, England *Effingham Hundred, a hundred in Surrey that includes the village of Effingham *Effingham Junction railway station, a station near the village North America *Effingham, Ontario, ...

, to the north of

Bamfield Bamfield is a community that is surrounded by Crown Land, First Nation Lands belonging to the Huu-ay-aht Nations, and portions of the Pacific Rim National Park, located on Barkley Sound, Vancouver Island in British Columbia. The community, with ...

in the Barkley Sound region of the west coast of

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Name origin

Like other "Broughton" placenames in British Columbia, they were named for Commodore William Robert Broughton of , and were named by

Captain Pender Daniel Pender was a Royal Navy Staff Commander, later captain, who surveyed the Coast of British Columbia aboard , and from 1857 to 1870. Pender was recorded as the second master of the admiralty survey vessel, HMS ''Plumper'', in 1857 when h ...

in 1860.

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West Coast of Vancouver Island One-thousanders of British Columbia Clayoquot Land District {{BritishColumbiaCoast-geo-stub

Name origin

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