Queen Charlotte Sound ( French : Bassin de la Reine-Charlotte ) is a sound of the Pacific Ocean in British Columbia , Canada, between Vancouver Island in the south and Haida Gwaii in the north. It merges with Hecate Strait in the north and Queen Charlotte Strait in the south.
5-596: Queen Charlotte Sound is the name of two channels: Queen Charlotte Sound (Canada) , located in British Columbia Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui , located in New Zealand's Marlborough Sounds [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
10-459: A boat excursion up Goletas Channel Strange saw an opening ahead and named it Queen Charlotte Sound. The body of water he named was what is today known as Queen Charlotte Strait. For some time Queen Charlotte Strait was also called Queen Charlotte Sound, until 1920 when the BCGNIS and Hydrographic Service distinguished between Queen Charlotte Sound and Queen Charlotte Strait. George Vancouver , who used
15-514: Is part of the Inside Passage shipping route. According to the BCGNIS , the northern boundary of Queen Charlotte Sound is defined as a line running from the southernmost point of Price Island to Cape St James on Kunghit Island , the southernmost point of Haida Gwaii. The western boundary is a line from Cape St James to Cape Scott at the north end of Vancouver Island. The southern boundary runs along
20-744: The coast of Vancouver Island from Cape Scott to Cape Sutil , then to Cape Caution on the mainland. An older definition placed the northern boundary as a line from the southernmost point of Aristazabal Island to Cape St James. Queen Charlotte Sound was named by James Strange on August 5, 1786, in honour of the British queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz . Strange was the leader of a fur trading expedition of two vessels, Captain Cook , under Captain Henry Lawrie, and Experiment , under Captain John Guise. During
25-426: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen_Charlotte_Sound&oldid=1008524656 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Queen Charlotte Sound (Canada) Queen Charlotte Sound
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