Salish Sea

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coastal waterway system sea

The Salish Sea is an intricate network of coastal waterways spanning the border between Washington State and British Columbia, renowned for its rich marine biodiversity and deep cultural significance to Indigenous Coast Salish peoples.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Salish Sea canonical 78
Salish Sea region 19
Salish Sea ecosystem 3

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal waterway system ⓘ
sea ⓘ
adjacentTo Bellingham, Washington ⓘ
surface form: Bellingham

Olympia ⓘ
Seattle metropolitan area ⓘ
Vancouver ⓘ
Victoria ⓘ
border Canada–United States border ⓘ
contains Gulf Islands ⓘ
Haro Strait ⓘ
Puget Sound ⓘ
Rosario Strait ⓘ
San Juan Islands ⓘ
Georgia Strait ⓘ
surface form: Strait of Georgia

Juan de Fuca Strait ⓘ
surface form: Strait of Juan de Fuca
containsSpecies Dungeness crab ⓘ
Pacific herring ⓘ
Pacific salmon ⓘ
Southern Resident killer whale ⓘ
Steller sea lion ⓘ
giant Pacific octopus ⓘ
harbor seal ⓘ
orcas ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
drainageBasinIncludes Cowichan River ⓘ
Fraser River ⓘ
Nisqually River ⓘ
Nooksack River ⓘ
Puyallup River ⓘ
Skagit River ⓘ
Snohomish River ⓘ
ethnicallySignificantFor Coast Salish peoples ⓘ
hasConservationIssue decline of Southern Resident killer whales ⓘ
threats from climate change ⓘ
threats from habitat loss ⓘ
threats from pollution ⓘ
knownFor complex system of fjords and channels ⓘ
cultural significance to Coast Salish peoples ⓘ
large population of marine mammals ⓘ
rich marine biodiversity ⓘ
strong tidal currents ⓘ
locatedIn British Columbia ⓘ
Washington ⓘ
surface form: Washington State
namedAfter Coast Salish peoples ⓘ
partOf Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Salish Sea self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Salish Sea Basin
usedFor Indigenous subsistence harvesting ⓘ
commercial shipping ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
recreation ⓘ

Referenced by (108)

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

Coast Salish peoples → primaryRegion → Salish Sea ⓘ
Canada–United States border region → hasPart → Salish Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salish Sea ecosystem
Georgia Strait → partOf → Salish Sea ⓘ
Juan de Fuca Strait → partOf → Salish Sea ⓘ
Washington State Ferries → serviceArea → Salish Sea ⓘ
Camano Island → partOf → Salish Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salish Sea region
Admiralty Inlet → partOf → Salish Sea ⓘ
San Juan Islands National Monument → locatedIn → Salish Sea ⓘ
Elliott Bay → partOf → Salish Sea ⓘ
Puget Sound → partOf → Salish Sea ⓘ
Vashon Island → partOf → Salish Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salish Sea region
Commencement Bay → locatedInBodyOfWater → Salish Sea ⓘ
Suquamish → culturalRegion → Salish Sea ⓘ
Whatcom County → borders → Salish Sea ⓘ
CFB Esquimalt → hasEnvironmentalContext → Salish Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salish Sea region
Blake Island → locatedIn → Salish Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salish Sea region
Comox, British Columbia, Canada → hasCoastOn → Salish Sea ⓘ
Salish Sea → partOf → Salish Sea self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salish Sea Basin
San Juan County → bordersBodyOfWater → Salish Sea ⓘ
subject surface form: San Juan County, Washington
Songhees Nation → culturalRegion → Salish Sea ⓘ
Nooksack language → linguisticArea → Salish Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salish Sea region
Bellingham, Washington → locatedOn → Salish Sea ⓘ
Tsleil-Waututh Nation → culturalRegion → Salish Sea ⓘ
Penelakut Tribe → isOnCoast → Salish Sea ⓘ
Northwestern Washington → hasBodyOfWater → Salish Sea ⓘ
Northwestern Washington → partOf → Salish Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salish Sea region
Nooksack people → culturalRegion → Salish Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salish Sea region
Lummi Nation → culturalRegion → Salish Sea ⓘ
Tsawout First Nation → locatedNear → Salish Sea ⓘ
Hood Canal → partOf → Salish Sea ⓘ
Semiahmoo First Nation → hasCulturalConnectionTo → Salish Sea ⓘ
Snuneymuxw First Nation → significantWaterBody → Salish Sea ⓘ
Howe Sound → partOf → Salish Sea ⓘ
San Juan County, Washington → locatedIn → Salish Sea ⓘ
Burrard Inlet → partOf → Salish Sea ⓘ
the Gulf of Georgia → partOf → Salish Sea ⓘ
subject surface form: Gulf of Georgia
San Juan Islands → locatedIn → Salish Sea ⓘ
San Juan Islands → locatedInBodyOfWater → Salish Sea ⓘ
Duke Point → locatedOnWaterBody → Salish Sea ⓘ
Newcastle Island Marine Provincial Park → locatedInBodyOfWater → Salish Sea ⓘ
WSF → regionServed → Salish Sea ⓘ
subject surface form: Washington State Ferries
Anacortes–Sidney, British Columbia (seasonal, suspended at times) → crosses → Salish Sea ⓘ
Anacortes–Sidney, British Columbia (seasonal, suspended at times) → locatedInWaterBody → Salish Sea ⓘ
Anacortes–Sidney, British Columbia (seasonal, suspended at times) → bodyOfWater → Salish Sea ⓘ
Jumbo Mark II-class ferry → serviceArea → Salish Sea ⓘ
MV Tacoma → waterway → Salish Sea ⓘ
MV Hyak (retired) → serviceArea → Salish Sea ⓘ
subject surface form: MV Hyak
MV Kaleetan → serviceArea → Salish Sea ⓘ
MV Elwha (retired) → serviceArea → Salish Sea ⓘ
subject surface form: MV Elwha
MV Tokitae → serviceRegion → Salish Sea ⓘ