North Bentinck Arm
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Coordinates: 52°19′40″N 126°58′06″W / 52.3278, -126.9683 North Bentinck Arm is short inlet about 17 km (10.6 mi) in length in the central British Columbia Coast. It is a sidewater of Burke Channel and is linked via that waterway and Labouchere Channel to Dean Channel, which is one of the largest inlets of the BC Coast. It is located within the Central Coast Regional District, British Columbia.

A spot on North Bentinck Arm is historically significant as the location where Hudson's Bay Company explorer Alexander MacKenzie reached the waters of the Pacific Ocean overland from Rupert's Land. A boulder on the shoreline is marked with "Alexander MacKenzie, from Canada by land, 1792". By only a few weeks MacKenzie missed meeting Captain George Vancouver, who also visited North Bentinck Arm that year.

Inscription at the end of the Alexander Mackenzie's Canada crossing located at 52°22′43″N 127°28′14″W / 52.37861, -127.47056¹

The inlet is the territory of the Nuxalk Nation, whose main community adjoins the town of Bella Coola, which is at the head of the inlet. The Nuxalk are also known as the Bella Coola people.

See also

• Alexander MacKenzie Heritage Trail

References

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