Description
Lynn Canal is located trends S from Chilkat Island to Chatham Strait, 22 mi. W of Juneau
History
Examined by Joseph Whidbey and named in July, 1794, by Captain Vancouver (1798, v. 3, p. 249), Royal Navy (RN), for his birthplace, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England (H. R. Wagner, 1937, p. 395).