| Seymour Inlet | |
|---|---|
  Seymour Inlet Location in British Columbia | |
| Location | British Columbia,Canada |
| Coordinates | 51°03′57″N126°59′14″W / 51.06583°N 126.98722°W /51.06583; -126.98722 |
| Type | Fjord |
| Ocean/sea sources | Pacific Ocean |
Seymour Inlet[1] is one of the lesser travelled of the principalinlets of theBritish Columbia Coast. Unlike larger inlets such asKnight orBute, it is not flanked by mountains but by relatively low, but still rugged, coastal hill-country and forms a maze of complex, narrow waterways and tidal pools and lagoons. It is located within a corresponding maze ofpeninsulas on the mainland on the northwest side of theQueen Charlotte Strait region.
Its main arm is 75 km (47 mi) in length from the mouth of theSeymour River to the mouth of its north arm,Belize Inlet, which is about 50 km (31 mi) in length and has its own side inlets, narrow waterways namedWentworth Sound andAlison Sound. In between Belize Inlet and Seymour Inlet isNugent Sound, named for the first United States Consul inVictoria; Seymour Inlet itself is named forFrederick Seymour, Governor of theCrown Colony of British Columbia from 1864 to 1869.[2]: 240
Seymour Inlet has its own side-inlets, the largest being a south arm namedFrederick Sound (also named for the governor), with a side-inlet of its own named Salmon Arm. Another is an unnamed inlet in the southwest corner, 12 km (7.5 mi) in length with its own side-inlets, includingNenahlmai Lagoon andWhelakis Lagoon. Seymour Inlet does not open directly onto theQueen Charlotte Strait but is accessed viaSlingsby Channel andSchooner Channel, which are the passages on either side ofBramham Island.
At the entrance in Seymour Inlet, between Johnson Point and Hervell Point, are the Nakwakto Rapids, one of the fastesttidal rapid in the world.[3]
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