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Strait Location Hall Basin: Ellesmere Island and Greenland: Harlem River: Manhattan and The Bronx: Haro Straits: A series of straits between British Columbia and Washington state: Hecate Strait: Canada: Haida Gwaii and British Columbia: Honguedo Strait: Canada: Anticosti Island and Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec: Strait of Hormuz: Oman and Iran ...
Straits of Canada by province or territory (6 C) D. Detroit River (6 C, 28 P) S. St. Marys River (Michigan–Ontario) (9 P) Pages in category "Straits of Canada"
Category: Straits of Canada by province or territory. 5 languages. ... Straits of Newfoundland and Labrador (4 P) Straits of the Northwest Territories (8 P)
The Strait of Juan de Fuca (officially named Juan de Fuca Strait in Canada) [2] is a body of water about 96 miles (83 nmi; 154 km) long [3] that is the Salish Sea's main outlet to the Pacific Ocean. The international boundary between Canada and the United States runs down the centre of the Strait.
The strait is located in the southeast of the Labrador peninsula, [3] [4] it is the northern outlet for the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the other two being the Cabot Strait and Strait of Canso. As such, it is also considered part of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway system. The strait is approximately 125 kilometres (80 miles) long and ranges from ...
Juan de Fuca (10 June 1536 – 23 July 1602) [1] [2] was a Greek sailor who served Philip II of Spain.He is best known for his claim to have explored the Strait of Anián—now known as the Strait of Juan de Fuca—between Vancouver Island (now part of British Columbia, Canada) and the Olympic Peninsula (northwestern Washington state in the United States).
The Davis Strait (Danish: Davisstrædet) is a southern arm of the Arctic Ocean that lies north of the Labrador Sea. It lies between mid-western Greenland and Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada. To the north is Baffin Bay. The strait was named for the English explorer John Davis (1550–1605), who explored the area while seeking a Northwest Passage.
Canada asserts that all waters within the bounds of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, including the Northwest Passage, are within its internal waters. [6] [7] They also include the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the Strait of Georgia, Queen Charlotte Sound and Hecate Strait, [8] the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the Bay of Fundy. [9]