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Broughton Island (British Columbia) : ウィキペディア英語版 | Broughton Island (British Columbia) Broughton Island is an island in the Broughton Archipelago of the Queen Charlotte Strait area of the Central Coast of British Columbia, located northwest of Gilford Island.〔(BC Names/GeoBC entry "Broughton Island" )〕 \ Broughton Lagoon is a shallow inlet on the north side of Broughton Island,〔(BC Names/GeoBC entry "Broughton Lagoon" )〕 located at To the north of Broughton Island 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 the HMS ''Chatham'' during his first tenure in British Columbia, and thereafter upon his return to the British Columbia Coast, of the HMS ''Providence''. HMS ''Discovery'', 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〕
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