Sechelt Inlet formerly Seechelt Inlet is one of the principal inlets of the British Columbia Coast . The inlet is significant in that it almost makes an island of what is instead the Sechelt Peninsula , whose isthmus is at the town of Sechelt at the head of the inlet. The isthmus is less than 1.2 km (0.75 mi) in length. Sechelt Inlet's mouth is at Jervis Inlet , inland from the Malaspina Strait .
7-655: Also significant about Sechelt Inlet are, near the inlet's mouth, the Sechelt Rapids within the Skookumchuck Narrows , which rage with near waterfall-like fury during tidal flow, both incoming and outgoing. Other fjords on the British Columbia Coast have similar rapids, also called skookumchucks ( strong waters in the Chinook Jargon , the old coastal trade language ), which like Sechelt Inlet are caused by
14-475: A habitat for over 200 Pacific white-sided dolphin . These social mammals seemed to enjoy seeking the attention of their human observers. This article about a fjord is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a location on the South Coast of British Columbia , Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Skookumchuck Narrows Skookumchuck Narrows
21-633: A small power dam at the mouth of the Clowhom River and is about 23 km (14 mi) in length, and Narrows Inlet , which ends at the mouth of the Tzoonie River and includes the Tzoonie Narrows. The latter is about 15 km (9.3 mi) in length and emerges on the main inlet just inside the inner mouth of the Skookumchuck Narrows. From early April to late September 2007, the inlet was
28-538: Is a strait forming the entrance of Sechelt Inlet on British Columbia 's Sunshine Coast in Canada. Before broadening into Sechelt Inlet, all of its tidal flow together with that of Salmon Inlet and Narrows Inlet must pass through Sechelt Rapids . At peak flows, standing waves, whitecaps, and whirlpools form at the rapids even in calm weather. The narrows are also the site of Skookumchuck Narrows Provincial Park . Each day, tides force large amounts of seawater through
35-410: The narrows—760,000,000 m (200 × 10 ^ US gal) of water on a 3 m (9.8 ft) tide. The difference in water levels on either side of the rapids can exceed 2 m (6 ft 7 in) in height. Current speeds can exceed 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph), up to 17.68 kn (32.74 km/h; 20.35 mph). It is sometimes claimed to be the fastest tidal rapids in
42-404: The typical shallows and narrows near the mouth of a fjord as the volume of water inside the fjord's depths tries to pour out to, or in from, the more open waters beyond. In Sechelt Inlet's case, the Skookumchuck Narrows are exactly as its name describes - narrow - forcing the water to an even greater torrent than is typical elsewhere. Sechelt Inlet has two side-inlets, Salmon Inlet , which ends at
49-573: The world. The tidal patterns keep the water moving at virtually all times in the narrows area, which attracts a plethora of interesting sea life. The unrelated B.C. town of Skookumchuck is several hundred kilometres east in the East Kootenay region of the province. Another location bearing this name, Skookumchuck Hot Springs , is on the Lillooet River east of Whistler . All locations take their name from Chinook Jargon for "strong water" and
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