Clio Channel is a marine waterway running southwest to northeast between
Turnour Island and West Cracroft Islands in the
Johnstone Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia,
Canada.
[ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Clio Channel"]
Name origin
Clio Channel was named c.1866 by
Daniel Pender for , which was commanded by Captain Nicholas E.B. Turnour, the namesake of Turnour Island, during the vessel's second commission with the
Pacific Station of the
Royal Navy from 1864 to 1868,
[ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Clio Channel"] Clio Bay near
Kitimat was also named for the
Clio.
[ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Clio Bay"]
