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The Haro Strait is one of the main channels connecting the Strait of Georgia to the Strait of Juan de Fuca, separating Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands in British Columbia, Canada from the San Juan Islands of Washington state in the United States. The strait is a critical part of the international boundary between Canada and the United States.
The northern coast of the Olympic Peninsula forms the southern boundary of the strait. [3] In the eastern entrance to the Strait, the Race Rocks Archipelago is in the high current zone halfway between Port Angeles, Washington, and Victoria, BC.
Boundary Pass is a strait that runs for about 23 kilometres (12 nmi) along the boundary between the U.S. state of Washington and the Canadian province of British Columbia.It connects Haro Strait to the south with the Strait of Georgia to the north.
This range is the second largest in Washington State. Its highest peak is Mt. Olympus . A major effort called the Wild Olympics campaign is under way to protect additional wilderness areas on the Olympic Peninsula, protect salmon streams under the Wild and Scenic River Act and provide a means for Olympic National Park to offer to buy land ...
The exact southern boundary of what is referred to as the "Saanich Peninsula" (or simply as "the Peninsula") is somewhat fluid in local parlance. Surrounded by the Salish Sea , Saanich Peninsula is separated from Saltspring Island by Satellite Channel, Piers Island and Coal Island by Colburne Passage, and James Island by Cordova Passage in Haro ...
Entire island preserved as Blind Island Marine State Park. Boulder Island San Juan 0 0 0 Brant Island Whatcom 0 0 0 Brown Island: San Juan 0.25 22 17 5 Buck Island San Juan 0 0 0 Burrows Island Skagit 0 0 0 Cactus Islands San Juan 0 0 0 Camano Island: Island 40.55 17,348 15,650 1,698 Has two state parks, Cama Beach and Camano Island State Park ...
Included in the park are ten islands: Northwest Island, Deception Island, Pass Island, Strawberry, Ben Ure, Kiket, Skagit, Hope, and Big and Little Deadman Islands. Ben Ure Island is partially privately owned. The island is not open to the public except for a small rentable cabin available via the state park, which is only accessible by rowboat.
Looking west across the Straight from Iona Park in Richmond towards Gabriola and Valdes Islands. The Strait of Georgia (French: Détroit de Géorgie) or the Georgia Strait [3] is an arm of the Salish Sea between Vancouver Island and the extreme southwestern mainland coast of British Columbia, Canada, and the extreme northwestern mainland coast of Washington, United States.