Queen Charlotte Strait
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Queen Charlotte Strait is the body of water that separates northeastern Vancouver Island from mainland British Columbia. Its waters merge with Queen Charlotte Sound to the north and, as it hits the cluster of islands between Vancouver Island and the mainland, it eventually connects to Johnstone Strait to the south.
This strait was, along with other “Queen Charlotte” locations, named after Queen Charlotte (1744-1818), wife to King George III of England. The prevailing view is that James Strange, an English fur trader, named it in 1786 during an expedition to the region.
  • 1. Andrew Scott, The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Placenames (Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 2009), 486.
  • 2. Ibid.
Mentions of this place in the documents
The Colonial Despatches Team. Queen Charlotte Strait. The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.0, ed. The Colonial Despatches Team. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/queen_charlotte_strait.html.

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