Prince of Wales Reach
49°54′16″N 123°54′47″W / 49.90444°N 123.91306°W / 49.90444; -123.91306 (Prince of Wales Reach)Type Fjord Part of Jervis Inlet Max. length 40 km (25 mi) Max. depth 670 m (2,200 ft)
Prince of Wales Reach[1] is the first arm of the Jervis Inlet and is located within the Coast Mountain Range of British Columbia, Canada. This arm was named during the 1860 survey by HMS Plumper who charted all of the area and was named after Albert Edward - the Prince Of Wales, later Edward VII, who was born in 1841 and was the second child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of England.[2]
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