South Bentinck Arm is a long side-inlet of

Dean Channel Dean Channel is the upper end of one of the longest inlets of the British Columbia Coast, from its head at the mouth of the Kimsquit River. The Dean River, one of the main rivers of the Coast Mountains, enters Dean Channel about below the head ...

in the Central Coast region of

British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...

, Canada. At the north end of the arm it meets the

North Bentinck Arm North Bentinck Arm is a short inlet about in length in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. It is an arm of Burke Channel and is linked via that waterway and Labouchere Channel to Dean Channel, which is one of the largest inlets ...

and then the Dean Channel before flowing into the

Burke Channel Burke Channel is a channel in the Central Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, separating the south and east coasts of King Island from the mainland. It was first charted in 1792 by James Johnstone, one of George Vancouver's ...

Rivers

The arm is fed by the Taleomey River, which flows from the Taleomey Glacier just north of the

Monarch Icefield The Monarch Icefield is the northernmost of a series of large continental icecaps studding the heights of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in southern British Columbia. Located southeast of the town of Bella Coola and west of the headwa ...

. The Taleomy Indian Reserve No. 3 lies on the west side of the rivers mouth next to the Taleomey Narrows. Just to the north is the

Noeick River The Noeick River is a river in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada, flowing west out of the northernmost Pacific Ranges to enter saltwater on the east side of South Bentinck Arm, immediately to the north of the mouth of the Taleom ...

and the locality of

South Bentinck South Bentinck is a locality on South Bentinck Arm in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada, located on the north side of the mouth of the Noeick River on the east shore of that inlet. See also *List of communities in British Colu ...

on the east shore of the inlet.

Name origin

South and

s were named by

George Vancouver Captain George Vancouver (22 June 1757 – 10 May 1798) was a British Royal Navy officer best known for his 1791–1795 expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern Pacific Coast regions, including the coasts of what a ...

, as "Bentinck Arms", in 1793, after the House of Portland; the

Duke of Portland Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, they are rank ...

at the time was William Henry Cavendish Bentinck.BC Names entry "South Bentinck Arm"
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References

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