Finlayson Channel

{{Short description|Waterway in British Columbia, Canada}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=February 2025}}

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Finlayson Channel is a channel of the British Columbia Coast, Canada. It is a northern extension of Milbanke Sound.{{BCGNIS|28348|Finlayson Channel}} To its west are Swindle and Sarah Islands, to its east Roderick, Susan and Dowager Islands. It was first charted in 1793 by James Johnstone, one of George Vancouver's lieutenants during his 1791–95 expedition.{{cite book

| last = Vancouver

| first = George, and John Vancouver

| title = A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific ocean, and round the world

| publisher = J. Stockdale

| year = 1801

| location = London

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=qwol8bPaYxsC}}

Finlayson Channel is home to Lophelia reef, the Pacific Ocean's northernmost known coral reef, and Canada's only known living example.{{cite web| url = https://bc.ctvnews.ca/coral-reef-that-shouldn-t-exist-thrives-off-b-c-s-pacific-ocean-biologist-says-1.6804096#:~:text=%E2%80%9CLophelia%20reef%20is%20very%20important,other%20creatures%2C%20Du%20Preez%20said.| title = Coral reef that 'shouldn't exist' thrives off B.C.'s coast in Pacific Ocean, biologist says| last = Shen| first = Nono| date = 12 March 2024| website = CTV News| publisher = The Canadian Press| access-date = 13 March 2024| quote =}}