Queen Charlotte Sound

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Queen Charlotte Sound is a broad, shallow body of water off the northern coast of British Columbia, Canada, separating the mainland from Haida Gwaii and forming part of the Inside Passage.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Queen Charlotte Sound canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf body of water
sound
borderedBy British Columbia mainland
Haida Gwaii
Vancouver Island
connectedTo Hecate Strait
Pacific Ocean
Queen Charlotte Strait
country Canada
governedBy Government of British Columbia
Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
surface form: Government of Canada
hasCharacteristic broad
shallow
hasChartingAuthority Fisheries and Oceans Canada
surface form: Canadian Hydrographic Service
hasClimate temperate maritime climate
hasEconomicActivity commercial fishing
tourism
hasEcosystemType marine ecosystem
hasHazard ocean swells
rough seas
strong winds
hasNameOrigin named after Queen Charlotte
hasNavigationRole segment of Inside Passage route
hasNearbyIsland Calvert Island
Campania Island NERFINISHED
Hecate Island
Hunter Island NERFINISHED
hasOfficialLanguageRegion English-speaking region
isHabitatFor Pacific salmon
herring
seabirds
whales
isPartOfMarineRegion Canadian Pacific waters
locatedIn British Columbia
North Coast of British Columbia
Pacific Ocean
locatedInAdministrativeArea Regional District of Mount Waddington
Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District
locatedInTimeZone Pacific Time Zone
offCoastOf northern coast of British Columbia
partOf Inside Passage
Alaska coastal waters
surface form: North Pacific coastal waters
separates British Columbia coast
surface form: British Columbia mainland

Haida Gwaii
usedFor fishing
marine transportation
recreation
shipping route

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hecate Strait borderedBy Queen Charlotte Sound
Insular Mountains separatedBy Queen Charlotte Sound
Queen Charlotte Strait connectsTo Queen Charlotte Sound
Queen Charlotte Strait locatedSouthOf Queen Charlotte Sound