Beaufort Sea references the Beaufort Sea in his popular Canadian Folk Song Northwest Passage (song). Beaufort Sea The Beaufort Sea () is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located north of the Northwest Territories, the Yukon, and Alaska, and west of Canada's Arctic islands. The sea is named after Sir Francis Beaufort, a hydrographer. The Mackenzie River, the longest in Canada, empties into the Canadian part of the Beaufort Sea west of Tuktoyaktuk, which is one of the few permanent settlements on the sea shores. The sea, characterized by severe climate, is frozen over most of the year. Historically, only a
Beaufort Secondary College Beaufort Secondary College Beaufort Secondary College is a state secondary college located in the town of Beaufort in Victoria, Australia which is located on the Western Highway midway between Ararat and Ballarat, in the Pyrenees Shire local government area. Beaufort Secondary College is a Year 7-12 college of 160 students serving a rural community in Western Victoria, approximately 50 km from Ballarat. The school is situated beside Beaufort Lake and is located in a precinct that includes most of the town's sporting and community facilities - the Beaufort Community Bank Complex, town oval, tennis courts, golf course and bowling green.