Wakeman Sound is a

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on the

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, Canada, located in the area north of the

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, which lies on the north side of

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, on the northeast side of Broughton Island. It is a sidewater opening of and opening north off

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. It is the traditional home of the Haxwa'mis, who are a part of the

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. The Haxwa'mis people amalgamated with the Kwikwasut'inuxw and are known as the Ḵwiḵwa̱sut'inux̱w Ha̱xwa'mis First Nation.

Indian reserves and villages

Alalco Indian Reserve No. 8 is at the mouth of the Wakeman River into Wakeman Sound, on its west shore (), which is on the site of Okwialis, a former village of the Haxwa'mis, also spelled ''huxwiay'lis'' and ''Atlalko'' ( ). To the south, on the shore of Wakeman Sound, is Dug-da-myse Indian Reserve No. 12, (), and to the south of that is another

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, Kyidagwis Indian Reserve No. 2 ().

Surrounding terrain

Mount Benedict is located on the east side of the sound () while

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is located immediately northwest of the head of the sound ().

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is located on the west side of the sound near its opening (). Southeast of it is

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(). In between those two is

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(). On the other side of the sound, above its entrance, is

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(). North of it on the east side of the sound is Mount Walter ().

References

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