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Queen Charlotte Strait
Queen Charlotte Strait
is a
strait
between
Vancouver Island
and the
Mainland
of
British Columbia
,
Canada
. It connects
Queen Charlotte Sound
with
Johnstone Strait
and
Discovery Passage
and via them to the
Strait of Georgia
and
Puget Sound
. It forms part of the
Inside Passage
from
Washington
to
Alaska
. The term Queen Charlotte Strait is also used to refer to the general region and its many communities, notably of the
Kwakwaka'wakw
peoples. Despite its name, Queen Charlotte Strait does not lie between the Queen Charlotte Islands (
Haida Gwaii
} and the mainland; that body of water is named
Hecate Strait
.
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