Tribune Channel is a

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or strait on the Central Coast of

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, separating

Gilford Island Gilford Island is an island in British Columbia, Canada, located between Tribune Channel and Knight Inlet. The island has an area of . Turnour Island is to the south across Tribune Channel, the entrance to Thompson Sound to the east. Port Eliz ...

on the west and north from the mainland. The channel bends around Gilford Island, with the mouth of Thompson Sound at the elbow of the bend, opening eastwards to the mouth of the Kakweiken River. At its southern end, it opens onto lower

Knight Inlet Knight Inlet (Kwakʼwala: ''Tsawatti'') is one of the principal inlets of the British Columbia Coast, and the largest of the major inlets in the southern part of the Coast. It is fifth in sequence of the great saltwater inlets north from the 49t ...

. Viscount Island lies in the left side of the channel within that opening, separated from the adjacent mainland by Sergeaunt Channel at , at the northeast end of which, on Tribune Channel, is Pumish Point at At the south end of Sergeaunt Channel, on Knight Inlet, is Steep Head at . On the west side of Viscount Island is Nickoll Passage at . A beach on the south side of the channel at , south of the opening of Thompson Sound and opposite the southwest coast of Gilford Island and Kumlah Island , is called ''tse'lxmedzes'' in Kwak'wala, meaning "crabapple trees on beach". Other locations named for are: *

Tribune Bay Provincial Park Tribune Bay Provincial Park is a provincial park located on Hornby Island in British Columbia, Canada. It features a broad, crescent-shaped beach of white sand, Tribune Bay (a shallow, warm-water bay), and spring wildflowers. There are opportuni ...

and bay of the same name, on the east coast of

Hornby Island Hornby Island of British Columbia, Canada, is one of the two northernmost Gulf Islands, located near Vancouver Island's Comox Valley, the other being Denman Island. A small community of 1,016 residents (as of the 2016 census), Hornby is home to ...

. * Tribune Point, on the south side of Gilford Island. * Tribune Rock, in the

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region to the north of Hurst Island.BC Names/GeoBC entry "Tribune Rock"
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