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Hecate Island
Hecate Island is an island on the British Columbia Coast, Canada, located between Queen Charlotte Sound and Fitz Hugh Sound to the north of Calvert Island Calvert Island is an island in Whitefish Bay, Lake of the Woods in Kenora District, Ontario, Canada. It is about south of the community of Sioux Narrows and west of Ontario Highway 71. Calvert Island is long and wide. The western edge is .... It has an area of . It reaches a height of . References Islands of British Columbia North Coast of British Columbia {{BritishColumbiaCoast-geo-stub ...
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Island
An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait, and a small island off the coast may be called a holm. Sedimentary islands in the Ganges delta are called chars. A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands, such as the Philippines, is referred to as an archipelago. There are two main types of islands in the sea: continental and oceanic. There are also artificial islands, which are man-made. Etymology The word ''island'' derives from Middle English ''iland'', from Old English ''igland'' (from ''ig'' or ''ieg'', similarly meaning 'island' when used independently, and -land carrying its contemporary meaning; cf. Dutch ''eiland'' ("island"), German ''Eiland'' ("small island")). However, the spelling of the word ...
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British Columbia Coast
, settlement_type = Region of British Columbia , image_skyline = , nickname = "The Coast" , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Canada , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 = British Columbia , parts_type = Principal cities , p1 = Vancouver , p2 = Surrey , p3 = Burnaby , p4 = Richmond , p5 = Abbotsford , p6 = Coquitlam , p7 = Delta , p8 = Nanaimo , p9 = Victoria , p10 = Chilliwack , p11 = Maple Ridge , p12 = New Westminster , p13 = Port Coquitlam , p14 = North Vancouver , area_blank1_title = 15 Districts , area_blank1_km2 = 244,778 , area_footnotes = , elevation_max_m = 4019 , elevation_min_m = 0 , elevation_max_footnotes = Mt. ...
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Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ...
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Queen Charlotte Sound (Canada)
, image = , alt = , caption = , image_bathymetry = Locmap-QCS-Hecate-Dixon.png , alt_bathymetry = , caption_bathymetry = Queen Charlotte Sound as delineated by BCGNIS, along with Hecate Strait and Dixon Entrance. Red dots indicate capes and points, grey text indicates island names. , location = British Columbia, Canada , group = , coordinates = , type = , etymology = , part_of = , inflow = , rivers = , outflow = , oceans = Pacific Ocean , catchment = , basin_countries = , agency = , designation = , length = , width = , area = , depth = , max-depth = , volume = , residence_time = , salinity = , shore = , elevation = , temperature_high ...
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Fitz Hugh Sound
Fitz Hugh Sound, sometimes spelled Fitzhugh Sound, is a sound on the British Columbia Coast of Canada, located between Calvert Island and the mainland. Etymology Fitz Hugh Sound was given its name in 1785 by James Hanna, the first non-indigenous person to find and map it. Hanna was the first British maritime fur trader to visit the Northwest Coast. It was probably named for William Fitzhugh who was a partner in the explorations of John Meares. Geography Fitz Hugh Sound is part of a group of named bodies of water around the opening of Dean Channel, one of the coast's main fjords, where it intersects the infra-insular waterway known as the Inside Passage. Adjacent water bodies include Fisher Channel to the north, Burke Channel to the northwest, Fish Egg Inlet to its east, Rivers Inlet to its southeast, and Queen Charlotte Sound to its south and west. Beyond Queen Charlotte Sound lies Queen Charlotte Strait (to the southeast) and the open ocean (to the west). Fitz Hugh Sound is th ...
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Calvert Island (British Columbia)
Calvert Island is an island on the coast of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is located east of Queen Charlotte Sound in the Central Coast region, about north of the town of Port Hardy, which is at the north end of Vancouver Island. Etymology Calvert Island was named in 1788 by Charles Duncan, captain of the fur trading vessel . The name probably honors the Calvert family, and perhaps specifically Lord Cecil Calvert, second Baron of Baltimore. The name was retained by George Vancouver and published as such on his maps. Geography Calvert Island is long and ranges in width from to . It is in area. The island reaches in elevation. Hecate Island is in area. A number of smaller islands lie just north of Calvert Island, across Kwakshua Channel, the largest of which is Hecate Island. Hakai Passage separates the islands around Calvert Island from those around Hunter Island to the north. To the east Fitz Hugh Sound, part of the Inside Passage, separates Calver ...
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Islands Of British Columbia
An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait, and a small island off the coast may be called a holm. Sedimentary islands in the Ganges delta are called chars. A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands, such as the Philippines, is referred to as an archipelago. There are two main types of islands in the sea: continental and oceanic. There are also artificial islands, which are man-made. Etymology The word ''island'' derives from Middle English ''iland'', from Old English ''igland'' (from ''ig'' or ''ieg'', similarly meaning 'island' when used independently, and -land carrying its contemporary meaning; cf. Dutch ''eiland'' ("island"), German ''Eiland'' ("small island")). However, the spelling of the word ...
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