Grenville Channel is a
strait on the
North Coast of British Columbia
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,
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, between
Pitt Island
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and the mainland to the south of
Prince Rupert.
It is part of the
Inside Passage
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shipping route, about long and is wide at its narrowest point.
The Grenville Channel Fault that forms the channel dates back to the
Cretaceous Era.
Both sides are mountainous and densely wooded,
and a linear
magnetic anomaly
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runs parallel to the channel south of 51"30'N.
See also
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Baker Inlet
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Pa-aat River
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Kumealon Inlet
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Kxngeal Inlet
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Klewnuggit Inlet Marine Provincial Park
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Lowe Inlet Marine Provincial Park
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Union Passage Marine Provincial Park
References
External links
North Coast of British Columbia
Channels of British Columbia
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