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Discovery Passage
Discovery Passage
is a channel that forms part of the
Inside Passage
between
Vancouver Island
and the
Discovery Islands
which lie off the
British Columbia
coast north of the
Georgia Strait
. It was named by
Captain Vancouver
for his ship, the . Most of the eastern shoreline of the passage is
Quadra Island
, with
Sonora Island
forming the shoreline at the northern end where Discovery Passage meets
Johnstone Strait
. The southern end of Discovery Passage enters the
Strait of Georgia
. It is in length and is typically about in width, less at
Seymour Narrows
which lies in the lower half of Discovery Passage.
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