Discovery Passage

Geographical location

As Discovery Passage and Discovery Passage, a 25 km long waterway on the eastern edge of Vancouver Iceland is called. It separates the east of the islands situated Discovery Islands, which, more specifically in the northern Georgia Strait lie off the mainland of British Columbia, Canada, on the largest island off the west coast of Canada. The Discovery Passage connects the Georgia Strait in the south with the Johnstone Strait in the north. On its east side are mainly Quadra and Sonora Iceland. Your narrowest point, the Seymour Narrows. Your southern entrance is located at the height of Campbell River.

Gave it its name George Vancouver after his ship, the HMS Discovery, as well as the first village he drove off, according to one of his officers (Cape Mudge ) called. You will now sail as part of the Inside Passage of numerous ships, which is from Vancouver or Victoria, protected from the Pacific winds, protected behind the islands.

On the largest island east of the passage, on Quadra Iceland, home to around 2500 inhabitants, of which about 1000 of the Kwa ' Kwa ' Ka ' Wa'Kw First Nation members, which in turn belongs to the Kwakwaka'wakw. They live around since the 1840s or 1850s. On the island is the Nuyumbalees Cultural Centre.

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