Caamaño Sound (french: détroit Caamaño) is a

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on the coast of the

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. It extends east from

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Princess Royal Island Princess Royal Island is the largest island on the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada. It is located amongst the isolated inlets and islands east of Hecate Strait on the British Columbia Coast. At , it is the fourth largest island in British ...

, Rennison Island, and

Aristazabal Island Aristazabal Island (french: île Aristizabal) is an island situated south west of Princess Royal Island in British Columbia, Canada. It has an area of . The island was named on August 30, 1792, by Lieutenant Commander Jacinto Caamaño Jacinto Caama ...

lie to the south of the sound. Several islands lie to the north, including

Campania Island Campania Island is an island on the coast of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is located south of Prince Rupert, east across Hecate Strait from Haida Gwaii. To the west of Campania Island, across Estevan Sound, is the Estevan Group a ...

and the Estevan Group of islands. Caamaño Sound connects with various waterways including Estevan Sound, Campania Sound,

Nepean Sound Nepean Sound is a sound on the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada. It lies north of Caamaño Sound, and separates Banks, Pitt, Campania (man), it, Campana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_b ...

and Laredo Channel. Caamaño Sound was named in 1908 by Captain Learmonth of HMS ''Egeria'', for

Jacinto Caamaño Jacinto Caamaño Moraleja (1759–September 8, 1829 Guayaquil) was the leader of the last great Spanish exploration of Alaska (then Russian America) and the Coast of British Columbia. He was a Knight of the Military Order of Calatrava. Early life ...

, who explored the region in command of the Spanish

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''Aranzazu''.

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Sounds of British Columbia North Coast of British Columbia {{BritishColumbiaCoast-geo-stub

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