It penetrates the Coast Mountains on the north side of the Discovery Islands archipelago, running about 35 km (22 mi) from its head at the mouth of the Stafford River to Chancellor Channel and Cordero Channel, which are on the north side of West Thurlow Island.
A further 14 km (8.7 mi) west along Chancellor Channel is Johnstone Strait.
James Johnstone, one of George Vancouver's lieutenants during his 1791–95 expedition, first charted the inlet in 1792.
[2] Loughborough Inlet was the site of a large cannery town at Roy, which remains on the map as a locality.
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