Hecate Strait ( / ˈ h ɛ k ɪ t / ; Haida language : K̲andaliig̲wii , also siigaay which means simply "ocean") is a wide but shallow strait between Haida Gwaii and the mainland of British Columbia , Canada. It merges with Queen Charlotte Sound to the south and Dixon Entrance to the north. About 140 kilometres (87 mi) wide at its southern end, Hecate Strait narrows in the north to about 48 kilometres (30 mi). It is about 260 kilometres (160 mi) in length.
14-665: The Estevan Group , formerly the Estevan Islands , is a small archipelago in the Hecate Strait region of the North Coast of British Columbia , Canada. It is to the west of Campania Island , which is separated from the group by Estevan Sound , and is itself to the west of Gil Island across Squally Channel. Southeast of it and of the Estevan Group is Caamaño Sound , beyond which is Aristazabal Island ; to
28-740: A line from the southernmost point of Aristazabal Island to Cape St James. Queen Charlotte Sound was named by James Strange on August 5, 1786, in honour of the British queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz . Strange was the leader of a fur trading expedition of two vessels, Captain Cook , under Captain Henry Lawrie, and Experiment , under Captain John Guise. During a boat excursion up Goletas Channel Strange saw an opening ahead and named it Queen Charlotte Sound. The body of water he named
42-652: Is a sound of the Pacific Ocean in British Columbia , Canada, between Vancouver Island in the south and Haida Gwaii in the north. It merges with Hecate Strait in the north and Queen Charlotte Strait in the south. Queen Charlotte Sound is part of the Inside Passage shipping route. According to the BCGNIS , the northern boundary of Queen Charlotte Sound is defined as a line running from
56-406: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Hecate Strait According to the BCGNIS , the southern boundary of Hecate Strait is defined as a line running from the southernmost point of Price Island to Cape St James on Kunghit Island , the southernmost point of Haida Gwaii. The northern boundary is a line from Rose Point, the northeastern tip of Graham Island , to Hooper Point at
70-541: The east of all is Princess Royal Island , the fourth largest on the British Columbia Coast. To the northwest of the group is Banks Island . The group's five largest islands are named after Lieutenant-Governors of British Columbia : Trutch , Barnard , Dewdney , Prior and Lotbinière . Another island, Tennant Island, is in Langley Passage, which runs through the heart of the archipelago on
84-844: The entrance to the Douglas Channel. The MPA is composed of three individual areas known as the Northern Reef, the Central Reefs, and the Southern Reef. Together these three areas cover approximately 2,410 square kilometers. The four reef complexes in the Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound discontinuously cover an area of about 1,000 km , and are located in glacial troughs between 140 m and 240 m deep. Queen Charlotte Sound (Canada) Queen Charlotte Sound ( French : Bassin de la Reine-Charlotte )
98-418: The north end of Stephens Island off the mainland. Because it is so shallow, Hecate Strait is especially susceptible to storms and violent weather . The Haida of Haida Gwaii crossed the Hecate Strait to the mainland to plunder coastal villages to take slaves and booty. Sometimes mainland First Nations crossed Hecate Strait to Haida Gwaii, such as a Nisga'a war party from the lower Nass River , which crossed
112-566: The public, covers a larger area encompassing Dewdney Island, the Glide Islands, and surrounding smaller islands and islets. 53°2′30″N 129°37′30″W / 53.04167°N 129.62500°W / 53.04167; -129.62500 This article about a location on the North Coast of British Columbia , Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to an island or group of islands in Canada
126-407: The southernmost point of Price Island to Cape St James on Kunghit Island , the southernmost point of Haida Gwaii. The western boundary is a line from Cape St James to Cape Scott at the north end of Vancouver Island. The southern boundary runs along the coast of Vancouver Island from Cape Scott to Cape Sutil , then to Cape Caution on the mainland. An older definition placed the northern boundary as
140-421: The southwest flank of Trutch Island, and is the site of a provincial nature conservancy and adjacent to an aerodrome at Ethelda Bay on Barnard Island. Two protected areas intersect the Estevan Group. The Ethelda Bay – Tennant Island Conservancy protects an area in the surroundings of Tennant Island and was established in 2007. The Dewdney and Glide Islands Ecological Reserve , established in 1971 and closed to
154-506: The strait in a retaliatory raid after an attack by Haida Ravens from Hiellen , which took Nisga'a slaves back to Hiellen. The inhabitants of Hiellen, fearing a Nisga'a retaliation, took refuge in Masset . The Nisga'a found Hiellen abandoned and burned it to the ground. Haida from Masset counterattacked, resulting in a long battle at Hiellen and nearby Taaw Tldáaw . The Nisga'a survivors crossed Hecate Strait again to return home. Hecate Strait
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#1732773085098168-668: The world with species from the glass sponge class of fauna. Regions with these sponge are currently protected from damage by commercial fishing. The Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound Glass Sponge Reefs Marine Protected Area was designated by the Fisheries and Oceans Canada in February 2017. The MPA is located in the Northern Shelf bioregion of the Pacific Region, southeast of Haida Gwaii , North and South of
182-538: Was named by Captain George Henry Richards in 1861 or 1862 after his surveying vessel, HMS Hecate . During the last ice age , the seafloor in this area was a wide coastal plain stretching south to the Olympic Peninsula and including what is now Queen Charlotte Sound . The strait once contained strong salmon and halibut fisheries . Hecate Strait is one of the few locations in
196-547: Was what is today known as Queen Charlotte Strait. For some time Queen Charlotte Strait was also called Queen Charlotte Sound, until 1920 when the BCGNIS and Hydrographic Service distinguished between Queen Charlotte Sound and Queen Charlotte Strait. George Vancouver , who used the name in his maps and writings, wrote that the sound was named by Mr. S. Wedgeborough, in command of the Experiment under James Strange, but Vancouver
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