Drury inlet is an inlet in the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, extending west from Wells Passage to the northwest of North Broughton Island, northwest of the town of Port Hardy.
Compton Point is the headland on the south side of the entrance, at 50°53′09″N 126°53′45″W / 50.88583°N 126.89583°W / 50.88583; -126.89583 (Drury Inlet),[2] opposite North Broughton Island, which is the most northwesterly of the Broughton Archipelago, which is situated to the north of the mouth of Knight Inlet.
[3] Bughouse Lake is immediately north of it away from the shore at 50°54′15″N 126°58′52″W / 50.90417°N 126.98111°W / 50.90417; -126.98111 (Bughouse Lake) [4] On the southeast side of Actress Passage at 50°56′28″N 127°07′56″W / 50.94111°N 127.13222°W / 50.94111; -127.13222 (Actress Passage),[5] which is the waterway connecting Actaeon Sound into Drury Inlet is Charlotte Point at 50°56′03″N 127°08′16″W / 50.93417°N 127.13778°W / 50.93417; -127.13778 (Charlottee Point), which was first published on Admiralty maps in 1865 like other locations in the area.
Cdr James Bullock, which was deployed as tender to HMS Actaeon in the East Indies and Chinese waters in later years.
[11] Daniel Pender named the inlet in 1866 for Admiral Byron Drury, who earlier as a Commander had been captain of HMS Pandora.