Verney Passage
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Verney Passage is a channel in the
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region of the
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of
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. It lies between
Douglas Douglas may refer to: People * Douglas (given name) * Douglas (surname) Animals *Douglas (parrot), macaw that starred as the parrot ''Rosalinda'' in Pippi Longstocking *Douglas the camel, a camel in the Confederate Army in the American Civil W ...
and
Devastation Channel Devastation Channel is a channel in the North Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It lies between Hawkesbury Island and the mainland. It was named in 1863 by Captain Daniel Pender after the H.M. paddle-sloop ''Devastation''. I ...
s, separating
Hawkesbury Island Hawkesbury Island is an island in British Columbia, Canada. It is located in Douglas Channel, one of the major fjord In physical geography, a fjord or fiord () is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords ...
to the northwest from Gribbell Island to the southeast. It was named in 1864 by Captain Daniel Pender after
Edmund Hope Verney Sir Edmund Hope Verney, 3rd Baronet FRGS, DL, JP (6 April 1838 – 8 May 1910) was a British naval officer, author and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1885 and 1891. Background and education Verney was ...
.


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Channels of British Columbia North Coast of British Columbia {{BritishColumbiaNorthCoast-geo-stub