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The Inside Passage (French: Passage Intérieur) is a coastal route for ships and boats along a network of passages which weave through the islands on the Pacific Northwest coast of the North American Fjordland. The route extends from southeastern Alaska in the United States, through western British Columbia in Canada, to northwestern Washington ...
Discovery Passage (French: Passage Discovery) is a strait that forms part of the Inside Passage between Vancouver Island and the Discovery Islands of British Columbia.The strait is considered the most important natural passage for vessels' entering or leaving the Salish Sea from the north.
Chatham Sound is a sound on the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada, bordering on Alaska, United States.It is located between the Dundas and Stephens Islands and the Tsimpsean Peninsula, [1] it is part of the Inside Passage and extends from Portland Inlet in the north to Porcher Island in the south.
The Dixon Entrance (French: Entrée Dixon) is a strait about 80 kilometers (50 mi) long and wide in the Pacific Ocean at the Canada–United States border, between the U.S. state of Alaska and the province of British Columbia in Canada. The Dixon Entrance is part of the Inside Passage shipping route.
Queen Charlotte Strait [1] 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.
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. [1] Queen Charlotte Sound is part of the Inside Passage shipping route.
Seaforth Channel is a channel in the Central Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia which is part of the Inside Passage - the 950 miles (1,530 km) passage between Seattle, Washington and Juneau, Alaska. The marine highway goes through Seaforth Channel on the way to Milbanke Sound, one of the open sea portions of the Inland ...
Wright Sound is part of the Inside Passage that connects Alaska, British Columbia, and Washington. The Inside Passage is protected by coastal islands from the more open waters of Queen Charlotte Sound , Hecate Strait and the Dixon Entrance , which are more exposed to the open Pacific Ocean, and so makes it a safer route for vessels.