Bute Inlet is one of the principal inlets of the British Columbia Coast.
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Bute Inlet is one of the principal inlets of the British Columbia Coast.
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Bute Inlet is in a spectacular wilderness setting and is one of the most scenic waterways in the world.
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Bute Inlet is a spectacular wilderness that is visited by very few people.
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Bute Inlet took its name from John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute who was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1762 to 1763.
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Bute Inlet's grandson Charles Stuart was a master's mate on Vancouver's Discovery.
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Bute Inlet had an interesting role in the early history of the Colony of British Columbia.
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Bute Inlet was granted a townsite at the head of the inlet and commenced construction up the Grand Canyon of the Homathko from there.
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Bute Inlet route was later considered for the mainline of the Canadian Pacific Railway, which would have seen extensive blasting down the west shore of the inlet and a series of bridges to reach Vancouver Island near Campbell River via Seymour Narrows.
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Bute Inlet is located in the Coast Land District, Range 1 and is part of the Sunshine Coast Forest District of the Coast Forest Region, which is headquartered in Powell River, and the Lower Mainland Ministry of Environment Region, headquartered in Surrey.
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Bute Inlet in British Columbia is a classic fjord formation formed during the Holocene by glacial erosion.
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