Strait of Georgia

Geographical location

The Strait of Georgia (English Strait of Georgia, and Georgia Strait, rare Gulf of Georgia ) is an approximately 240 km long and 25-30 km wide waterway of the Pacific Ocean in the southwestern part of British Columbia that separates the Canadian mainland of Vancouver Iceland. The strait is part of the Salish Sea. The banks are formed by island rich fjords ( inlets ).

At the southern end, the road widens to a bay with many small islands and goes south into the Puget Sound, while carried in a westerly direction across the Juan de Fuca Strait to the exit to the Pacific. Less than 49 ° latitude north of the Fraser River flows. To the north of the Queen Charlotte Sound into the open sea.

The most important port city on the strait is Vancouver, BC., The Strait of Georgia must be traversed by all ships sailing to Vancouver.

In the Strait of Georgia, the Gulf Islands lie. They include, among others, Galiano and Gabriola Iceland Iceland. The waterway is one of the busiest on the North American west coast.

Strait was named by British Captain George Vancouver, who explored the region late 18th century, and measured. The street was named this after the British King George III. Captain Vancouver and his officers of HMS Discovery named the waterway on July 4, 1792, the birthday of the King, originally Gulph of Georgia. Only the British captain and cartographer George Richards changed, in 1852, the name of Gulph of Georgia Strait of Georgia. Before the strait was visited and named by George Vancouver, it had been explored by a Spanish expedition led by José María Narváez and Francisco de Eliza in the year 1790. These named the street Gran Canal de Nuestra Señora del Rosario la Marinera (channel of our Lady Rosary ).