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{{Short description|Waterway between Vancouver Island and mainland North America}}
{{redirect|Georgia Strait|the newspaper|The Georgia Straight}}
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| max-depth = {{convert|420|m|ft|abbr=on}} <ref name=NOAA-NWFSC>[http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/publications/techmemos/tm44/environment.htm Environmental History and Features of Puget Sound] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513125424/http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/publications/techmemos/tm44/environment.htm |date=2009-05-13 }}, NOAA-NWFSC</ref>
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| cities = [[Vancouver]], [[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey]], [[Richmond, British Columbia|Richmond]], [[Delta, British Columbia|Delta]], [[Nanaimo]], [[Courtenay, British Columbia|Courtenay]]
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[[File:Looking across the Straight of Georgia from Iona Island.jpg|thumb|Looking west across the Straight from Iona Park in Richmond towards Gabriola and Valdes Islands.]]
The '''Strait of Georgia''' ({{
Archipelagos and narrow channels mark each end of the Strait of Georgia, the [[Gulf Islands]] and [[San Juan Islands]] in the south, and the [[Discovery Islands]] in the north. The main channels to the south are [[Boundary Pass]], [[Haro Strait]] and [[Rosario Strait]], which connect the Strait of Georgia to the [[Strait of Juan de Fuca]]. In the north, [[Discovery Passage]] is the main channel connecting the Strait of Georgia to [[Johnstone Strait]]. The strait is a major navigation channel on the west coast of [[North America]], owing to the presence of the port of [[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver]], and also due to its role as the southern entrance to the Intracoastal route known as the [[Inside Passage]].
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The [[United States Geological Survey]] defines the southern boundary of the Strait of Georgia as a line running from East Point on [[Saturna Island]] to [[Patos Island]], [[Sucia Island]], and [[Matia Island]], then to Point Midgley on [[Lummi Island]]. This line touches the northern edges of [[Rosario Strait]], which leads south to the [[Strait of Juan de Fuca]], and [[Boundary Pass]], which leads south to [[Haro Strait]] and the Strait of Juan de Fuca.<ref>{{Cite GNIS|1509730|Strait of Georgia}}</ref>
The Strait of Georgia has a mean depth of {{convert|156|m|ft|abbr=on}} and average surface area of {{convert|6800|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}. The Ballenas Basin in the centre of the strait reaches a maximum depth of {{convert|420|m|ft|abbr=on}} approximately {{convert|15|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of [[Nanaimo]].<ref name=NOAA-NWFSC/><ref>{{Cite book|last=Picard|first=K.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lL4jrthOppgC&
The [[Fraser River]] accounts for roughly 80 percent of the freshwater entering the strait. Water circulates in the strait in a generally counterclockwise direction.<ref name=NOAA-NWFSC/>
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[[File:Strait of Georgia Vancouver.jpg|thumb|300px|Sundown over the strait from the ferry]]{{Main|Salish Sea}}
{{see also|List of Fishes of the Salish Sea}}
In March 2008, the [[Chemainus First Nation]] proposed renaming the strait the "[[Salish Sea]]", an idea that reportedly met with approval by B.C.'s Aboriginal Relations Minister [[Mike de Jong]], who pledged to put it before the [[Executive Council of British Columbia|B.C. cabinet]] for discussion. Making the name "Salish Sea" official required a formal application to the [[Geographical Names Board of Canada]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Strait of Georgia could be renamed the Salish Sea |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/strait-of-georgia-could-be-renamed-salish-sea-1.773346 |work=Canadian Press |publisher=CBC.ca |date=2008-03-09 |
In October 2009, the Washington state Board of Geographic Names approved the Salish Sea toponym, not to replace the names of the Strait of Georgia, Puget Sound, and Strait of Juan de Fuca, but instead as a collective term for all three.<ref name=adoption>{{cite web | date =2009-10-30 | url =http://www.dnr.wa.gov/ResearchScience/News/Pages/nr09_177.aspx | title =STATE BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES APPROVES 'SALISH SEA' | url-status =dead |
==Counties and regional districts facing the Strait==
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==External links==
{{commons category inline|Strait of Georgia}}
{{Collier's Poster|Georgia, Gulf of|Strait of Georgia}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040803112538/http://www.georgiastrait.org/whogeorgia.php Map and information] from the [http://www.georgiastrait.org Georgia Strait Alliance]
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[[Category:Seas of North America]]
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