North Broughton Island (french: île North Broughton) is an
island
An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...
in the
Broughton Archipelago
Broughton Archipelago is a group of islands located at the eastern end of Queen Charlotte Strait in Mount Waddington Regional District, British Columbia. The archipelago is the traditional territory of the Musgamagw Dzawada'enuxw, Namgis, Ma'am ...
, located as its name suggests to the north of
Broughton Island in the
Queen Charlotte Strait
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region of the
Central Coast of British Columbia
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,
Canada
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.
Broughton Point is on the south coast of the island, facing Broughton Island
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See also
*Broughton (disambiguation) Broughton may refer to:
People
*Broughton (name)
Places
Australia
* Broughton, Queensland, a locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland
* Broughton, Victoria
Canada
* Broughton, Nova Scotia
* Broughton Archipelago, British Columbia
** ...
*Broughton Island (disambiguation) Broughton Island may refer to:
* Broughton Island (New South Wales)
* Broughton Island, Western Australia
*Broughton Island (British Columbia), Canada
**North Broughton Island, British Columbia, Canada
*Broughton Island (Nunavut), island where the ...
References
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Islands of British Columbia
Central Coast of British Columbia