British Columbia Coast - Major Waterways

Major Waterways

The waterway route through these islands between Vancouver and Prince Rupert, and between Seattle, Washington, and Alaska, is known as the Inside Passage. It has played a role in U.S.-Canada relations more than once, from the Klondike Gold Rush to the Salmon War of the 1990s.

Major and important waterways are:

  • Georgia Strait (aka Gulf of Georgia)
  • Sutil Channel
  • Desolation Sound
  • Johnstone Strait
    • Robson Bight
  • Discovery Passage
    • Seymour Narrows
  • Sutlej Channel
  • Tribune Channel
  • Queen Charlotte Strait
  • Grenville Channel
  • Queen Charlotte Sound
    • Hakai Passage
  • Hecate Strait
  • Dixon Entrance
On Vancouver Island
  • Alberni Inlet
  • Saanich Inlet
    • Cook Inlet
  • Clayoquot Sound
  • Barclay Sound
  • Kyuquot Sound
  • Nootka Sound
  • Quatsino Sound

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