Broughton Island is an island in the Broughton Archipelago of the Queen Charlotte Strait area of the Central Coast of British Columbia, northwest of Gilford Island.BC Names/GeoBC entry "Broughton Island"
Broughton Lagoon is a shallow inlet on its north side,BC Names/GeoBC entry "Broughton Lagoon" at
To the north is North Broughton Island.BC Names/GeoBC entry "North Broughton Island"
Name origin Broughton Island and the Broughton Archipelago, and Broughton Strait nearby, were all named in 1792 by Captain George Vancouver, for Commander William Robert Broughton, captain of during his first tenure in British Columbia, and thereafter upon his return to the British Columbia Coast, of . , Vancouver's ship, and HMS Chatham under Broughton were anchored off the south shore of this island on July 28, 1792.British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: their origin and history, Captain John T. Walbran, Ottawa, 1909
See also Broughton (disambiguation) Broughton Island (disambiguation)
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