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Lewis Channel is a strait located between
Cortes Island Cortes Island is an island in the Discovery Islands archipelago on the coast of British Columbia, Canada. The island is long, wide, and in area. It has a population of 1,035 permanent residents (2016 census). Cortes Island lies within Electora ...
and West Redonda Island in the Discovery Islands of
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,
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. It is part of the northern
Salish Sea , image = PNW-straits.jpg , alt = , caption = The Salish Sea, showing the open Pacific Ocean at lower left, and from there, heading inland: the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the narrow Puget Sound at lower r ...
.


Geography

Lewis Channel connects
Desolation Sound , image = Desolation sound 2006.jpg , image_size = 250px , alt = , caption = Desolation Sound , image_bathymetry = Carte baie Desolation fr.png , alt_bathymetry = , caption_bathymetry ...
to the south with
Calm Channel , image = Calm Channel.jpg , image_size = 260px , alt = , caption = Calm Channel , image_bathymetry = Map of the Discovery Islands.svg , alt_bathymetry = , caption_bathymetry = Calm Ch ...
and Deer Channel to the north. Teakerne Arm branches off of the main channel to the east and forms a large protected bay within West Redonda Island. The channel itself contains no major islands.


Hydrology

The northern hydrological limit of Lewis Channel delineates part of the northern limit of the
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.Environmental History and Features of Puget Sound
, NOAA-NWFSC


See also

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Sutil Channel , image = Looking up Sutil Channel, Quadra Island.jpg , image_size = 260px , alt = , caption = Looking up Sutil Channel from Quadra Island , image_bathymetry = Locmap-SutilChannel.png , alt_b ...
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Waddington Channel Waddington Channel is a strait located between East Redonda and West Redonda Island of the Discovery Islands in British Columbia, Canada. Geography Waddington Channel connects Desolation Sound to the south with Pryce Channel to the north. P ...
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Homfray Channel , image = , alt = , caption = , image_bathymetry = Carte baie Desolation fr.png , alt_bathymetry = , caption_bathymetry = Homfray Channel is located between East Redonda Island and the mainlan ...


References

Central Coast of British Columbia Landforms of the Discovery Islands Channels of British Columbia Salish Sea {{BritishColumbiaCoast-geo-stub