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Grenville Channel
Grenville Channel is a strait on the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada, between Pitt Island and the mainland to the south of Prince Rupert. It is part of the Inside Passage shipping route, about long and is wide at its narrowest point. The Grenville Channel Fault that forms the channel dates back to the Cretaceous Era. Both sides are mountainous and densely wooded, and a linear magnetic anomaly In geophysics, a magnetic anomaly is a local variation in the Earth's magnetic field resulting from variations in the chemistry or magnetism of the rocks. Mapping of variation over an area is valuable in detecting structures obscured by overlying ... runs parallel to the channel south of 51"30'N. See also * Baker Inlet * Pa-aat River * Kumealon Inlet * Kxngeal Inlet * Klewnuggit Inlet Marine Provincial Park * Lowe Inlet Marine Provincial Park * Union Passage Marine Provincial Park References External links North Coast of British Columbia Channels of British Columbia [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Coast Regional District
The North Coast Regional District (until 2016 known as the Skeena–Queen Charlotte Regional District) is a quasi-municipal administrative area in British Columbia. It is located on British Columbia's west coast and includes Haida Gwaii (formerly the Queen Charlotte Islands), the largest of which are Graham Island and Moresby Island. Its administrative offices are in the City of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Prince Rupert. Demographics As a Census divisions of Canada, census division in the 2021 Canadian census, 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the North Coast Regional District, previously the Skeena–Queen Charlotte Regional District, had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. *Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Electoral areas *Area A - Skeena North: 29 **Dodge Cove (unincorporated communi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnetic Anomaly
In geophysics, a magnetic anomaly is a local variation in the Earth's magnetic field resulting from variations in the chemistry or magnetism of the rocks. Mapping of variation over an area is valuable in detecting structures obscured by overlying material. The magnetic variation (geomagnetic reversals) in successive bands of ocean floor parallel with mid-ocean ridges was important evidence for seafloor spreading, a concept central to the theory of plate tectonics. Measurement Magnetic anomalies are generally a small fraction of the magnetic field. The total field ranges from 25,000 to 65,000 nanoteslas (nT). To measure anomalies, magnetometers need a sensitivity of 10 nT or less. There are three main types of magnetometer used to measure magnetic anomalies: # The fluxgate magnetometer was developed during World War II to detect submarines. It measures the component along a particular axis of the sensor, so it needs to be oriented. On land, it is often oriented vertically, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Passage Marine Provincial Park
Union Passage Marine Provincial Park is a provincial park within the asserted traditional territory of the Tsimshian First Nations. The marine protected area is located at the southwest end of Grenville Channel straddling Pitt and Farrant Islands, in British Columbia, Canada. The park conserves of North Coast Fjords Marine Ecosection, and protects sensitive aquatic habitats of importance for harbour porpoises, orca, humpback whales The humpback whale (''Megaptera novaeangliae'') is a species of baleen whale. It is a rorqual (a member of the family Balaenopteridae) and is the monotypic taxon, only species in the genus ''Megaptera''. Adults range in length from and weigh u ..., Pacific white-sided dolphins, Dall's porpoises, and Harbour seals References Provincial parks of British Columbia North Coast Regional District Marine parks of Canada {{BritishColumbia-park-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lowe Inlet Marine Provincial Park
Lowe Inlet Marine Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada located on the Inside Passage of the North Coast, 118 km south of Prince Rupert Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland, (17 December 1619 ( O.S.) 7 December 1619 (N.S.)– 29 November 1682 (O.S.) December 1682 (N.S) was an English-German army officer, admiral, scientist, and colonial governor. He first rose to ... and 75 km north of Butedale. Established on 14 June 1994, the park now contains approximately ( of upland and of foreshore). Images File:Travels in Alaska 018.jpg, Lowe Inlet References Provincial parks of British Columbia North Coast Regional District North Coast of British Columbia Year of establishment missing Marine parks of Canada {{British Columbia parks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klewnuggit Inlet Marine Provincial Park
Klewnuggit Inlet Marine Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on the east side of Grenville Channel, southeast of Prince Rupert, in the Range 4 Coast Land District. The park was established on 14 June 1993, surrounds the inlet and Freda Lake, and covers , including of upland and of foreshore. Images File:Flock of Barrow's goldeneyes foraging in Klewnuggit Inlet Marine Provincial Park.jpg, Flock of Barrow's goldeneyes foraging File:Curious Harbour Seals in Klewnuggit Inlet Marine Provincial Park.webp, Curious Harbour Seals File:Brodie Lake falls into Klewnuggit Inlet.webp, Brodie Lake falls into the inlet File:Islets in the East Finger of Klewnuggit Inlet.png, Islets in the East Finger A finger is a prominent digit (anatomy), digit on the forelimbs of most tetrapod vertebrate animals, especially those with prehensile extremities (i.e. hands) such as humans and other primates. Most tetrapods have five digits (dactyly, pentadact ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kxngeal Inlet
Kxngeal Inlet is an inlet in the North Coast region of British Columbia, Canada, extending east from Grenville Channel opposite Pitt Island, to the north of Klewnuggit Inlet Marine Provincial Park. The inlet is considered part of the traditional territories of the Kitsumkalum, a Galts'ap of the Tsimshian Nation. See also *Grenville Channel *Inside Passage *Klewnuggit Inlet Marine Provincial Park Klewnuggit Inlet Marine Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on the east side of Grenville Channel, southeast of Prince Rupert, in the Range 4 Coast Land District. The park was established on 14 June 1993, su ...] References North Coast of British Columbia Inlets of British Columbia {{BritishColumbiaNorthCoast-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumealon Inlet
Kumealon Inlet is an inlet on the Coast of British Columbia, Canada. It lies on the eastern side of the north end of Grenville Channel facing Pitt Island. Kumealon Inlet sits between the Ecstall Pluton and the Grenville Channel shear zone, and is bounded by rocks dating to the Albian (102.6±3.7 Ma). Features Connected features to the inlet are: *Kumealon Island, located on the north side of the entrance to the inlet at *Kumealon Lagoon, a small arm on the north side of the inlet at , connected to it via: *Kumealon Narrows, a short narrows at *Kumealon Creek, a short creek which feeds northwest into Kumealon Lagoon, entering it at Images File:Looking Westward along Kumealon Inlet.webp, Looking westward from the head of Kumealon Inlet towards the entrance File:Kumealon Island, on the north side of the entrance of the inlet.png, Kumealon Island File:Looking Westward along Kumealon Inlet in the Morning.webp, Looking westward along Kumealon Inlet in the morning See also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pa-aat River
The Pa-aat River, formerly known as the Salmon River and also as the Paaat River, is a small river on Pitt Island in the North Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. It flows north to enter Grenville Channel opposite Baker Inlet via Salmon Inlet, at the mouth of which is Pa-aat Indian Reserve No. 6, which is governed by the Gitxaala Nation of the Tsimshian. See also * Salmon River (other) * |
Baker Inlet
Baker Inlet is an inlet in the North Coast region of British Columbia, Canada, extending east from Grenville Channel opposite Pitt Island, to the south of Kumealon Inlet. See also *Grenville Channel *Inside Passage *Kumealon Inlet Kumealon Inlet is an inlet on the Coast of British Columbia, Canada. It lies on the eastern side of the north end of Grenville Channel facing Pitt Island. Kumealon Inlet sits between the Ecstall Pluton and the Grenville Channel shear zone, and is ... References North Coast of British Columbia Inlets of British Columbia {{BritishColumbiaNorthCoast-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 143.1 to 66 mya (unit), million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era (geology), Era, as well as the longest. At around 77.1 million years, it is the ninth and longest geological period of the entire Phanerozoic. The name is derived from the Latin , 'chalk', which is abundant in the latter half of the period. It is usually abbreviated K, for its German translation . The Cretaceous was a period with a relatively warm climate, resulting in high Sea level#Local and eustatic, eustatic sea levels that created numerous shallow Inland sea (geology), inland seas. These oceans and seas were populated with now-extinct marine reptiles, ammonites, and rudists, while dinosaurs continued to dominate on land. The world was largely ice-free, although there is some evidence of brief periods of glaciation during the cooler first half, and forests extended to the poles. Many of the dominant taxonomic gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Situated in the Pacific Northwest between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains, the province has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, forests, lakes, mountains, inland deserts and grassy plains. British Columbia borders the province of Alberta to the east; the territories of Yukon and Northwest Territories to the north; the U.S. states of Washington (state), Washington, Idaho and Montana to the south, and Alaska to the northwest. With an estimated population of over 5.7million as of 2025, it is Canada's Population of Canada by province and territory, third-most populous province. The capital of British Columbia is Victoria, British Columbia, Victoria, while the province's largest city is Vancouver. Vancouver and its suburbs together make up List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, the third-largest metropolit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inside Passage
The Inside Passage () is a coastal route for ships and boats along a network of passages which weave through the islands on the Pacific Northwest coast of the North American Fjordland. The route extends from southeastern Alaska in the United States, through western British Columbia in Canada, to northwestern Washington state in the United States. Ships using the route can avoid some of the bad weather in the open ocean and may visit some of the many isolated communities along the route. The Inside Passage is heavily travelled by cruise ships, freighters, tugs with tows, fishing craft, pleasure craft, and ships of the Alaska Marine Highway, BC Ferries, and Washington State Ferries systems. Coast Guard vessels of both Canada and the United States patrol and transit in the Passage. The term "Inside Passage" is also often used to refer to the ocean and islands around the passage itself. Route It is generally accepted that the southernmost point of the Inside Passage is Oly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
