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The sound was named Primera Angostura (Spanish for First Narrows) as it was the first narrows of the strait that ships met when sailing through the strait from east to west. The ferry company Transbordadora Austral Broom S.A. operates across the narrows.
First Narrows forms the western mouth of Vancouver's inner harbour. Prior to the dredging shallow sandbanks extended far from the north shore. First Narrows is the official name for the entrance to Burrard Inlet , the mouth of Vancouver, British Columbia 's inner harbour.
Seymour Narrows is a 5-kilometre (3.1 mi) section of the Discovery Passage in British Columbia known for strong tidal currents. [1] Discovery Passage lies between Vancouver Island at Menzies Bay, British Columbia and Quadra Island except at its northern end where the eastern shoreline is Sonora Island .
First Narrows may refer to: First Narrows (Strait of Magellan) - in Spanish "Primera Angostura", the first narrows in the Strait of Magellan, when proceeding east to west. First Narrows (Vancouver) , Vancouver's first narrows protects the main harbour, east of the city the second narrows opens into several long bays - see DGS Mastodon
Mastodon dredging the first narrows, off Brockton Point. DGS Mastodon was a dredge, operated by the Government of Canada, keeping shipping channels clear in British Columbia . [ 1 ] She was ordered in 1909, from the Scottish shipyard William Simons and Company , and commissioned on May 13, 1911.
Unlike other "first 100 words" books, Accurso said hers is organized by usefulness, emphasizing functional language. "It helps them function throughout the day. It's useful things they need, like ...
Burrard Inlet (Halkomelem: səl̓ilw̓ət) is a shallow-sided fjord in the northwestern Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada. [1] [2] Formed during the last Ice Age, it separates the City of Vancouver and the rest of the lowland Burrard Peninsula to the south from the coastal slopes of the North Shore Mountains, which span West Vancouver and the City and District of North Vancouver to the ...
First Narrows Gantry, two 12-pdr QF guns. Demolished in the 1970s 49°19′06″N 123°08′11″W / 49.31833°N 123.13639°W / 49.31833; -123 Steveston , one 18-pdr field gun, later replaced by two 25-pdr field guns Ordnance QF 25 pounder 49°08′00″N 123°11′00″W / 49.13333°N 123.18333°W / 49.13333; -123.18333 ...