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Discovery Islands The Discovery Islands are a group of islands located at the northern end of the Salish Sea and the eastern end of Johnstone Strait, between Vancouver Island and the mainland coast of British Columbia, Canada. Most of these islands have very fe ...

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. The channel is an important waterway for boats transiting the archipelago.

Geography

The channel is flanked by

Maurelle Island Maurelle Island is an island in British Columbia, Canada. It is part of the Discovery Islands between Vancouver Island and the mainland, between the Strait of Georgia and Johnstone Strait. Etymology Maurelle Island was given its name in 1903 by t ...

Raza Island Raza Island is an island in British Columbia, Canada. It is part of the Rendezvous Islands in Calm Channel, which in turn are part of the Discovery Islands between Vancouver Island and the mainland, between the Strait of Georgia and Johnstone Stra ...

Read Island Read Island is an island in British Columbia, Canada. It is part of the Discovery Islands between Vancouver Island and the mainland, between the Strait of Georgia and Johnstone Strait. Etymology Read Island was named around 1864 by Daniel Pender ...

Sonora Island Sonora Island is one of the outer islands (without ferry service) of the Discovery Islands of British Columbia, Canada. It is located at the eastern end of Johnstone Strait and the northern end of Discovery Passage within Electoral Area C of the ...

, Stuart Island, and

West Redonda Island West Redonda Island is an island in British Columbia, Canada. It is part of the Discovery Islands, an archipelago between Vancouver Island and the mainland, and between the Strait of Georgia and Johnstone Strait. West Redonda Island is located wes ...

. Adjacent waterways include

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and

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(to the north),

Raza Passage Raza may refer to: * Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi Islamic reformer * ''Raza'' (film), a 1942 Spanish film *S. H. Raza (1922–2016), Indian artist * Sardar Muhammad Raza, former Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan * Raheel Raza (born 1949), Canadi ...

and Deer Passage (to the east),

Lewis Channel Lewis Channel is a strait located between Cortes Island and West Redonda Island in the Discovery Islands of British Columbia, Canada. It is part of the northern Salish Sea. Geography Lewis Channel connects Desolation Sound to the south with Calm C ...

and

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(to the south), Whiterock Passage (to the southwest), and Hole in the Wall (to the northwest). The segment of Calm Channel between the

and the northern tip of

is known as ''Drew Passage''.

Hydrology

Water flows into Calm Channel primarily from

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, and Pryce Channel via Deer Passage and Raza Passage. From Calm Channel, water flows outward with low velocity to various other channels and straits. Due to this predominantly south-moving water flow, Calm Channel is not officially considered part of the

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proper, but it is considered part of its watershed.Environmental History and Features of Puget Sound
, NOAA-NWFSC

References

{{British Columbia hydrography Central Coast of British Columbia Landforms of the Discovery Islands Channels of British Columbia