Queen Charlotte Strait

Queen Charlotte Strait is a strait between Vancouver Island and the rest of British Columbia in Canada. It connects Queen Charlotte Sound to Johnstone Strait and Discovery Passage. It also goes through them to connect Queen Charlotte Sound to the Strait of Georgia and Puget Sound. It is part of the Inside Passage, which goes from Washington to Alaska.

Queen Charlotte Strait
French: Détroit de la Reine-Charlotte
A pilot boat plies Queen Charlotte Strait near Port Hardy
Queen Charlotte Strait is located in British Columbia
Queen Charlotte Strait
Queen Charlotte Strait
Queen Charlotte Strait is located southeast of Queen Charlotte Sound
LocationBritish Columbia
Coordinates50°50′16″N 127°27′29″W
TypeStrait
Ocean/sea sourcesPacific Ocean
SettlementsAlert Bay, Port Hardy, Port McNeill, Sointula

Etymology

The Discovery shipwrecked in early August 1792 on rocks in Queen Charlotte Strait. Within a day the Chatham also hit rocks about two miles away.

James Strange named it Queen Charlotte Sound on August 5, 1786. He named it after Queen Charlotte. She was the wife of King George III. Queen Charlotte Strait was called Queen Charlotte Sound until 1920. In 1920, the BCGNIS and Hydrographic Service said that Queen Charlotte Sound and Queen Charlotte Strait were not the same.

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