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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) * |
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] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, second-largest country by total area, with the List of countries by length of coastline, world's longest coastline. Its Canada–United States border, border with the United States is the world's longest international land border. The country is characterized by a wide range of both Temperature in Canada, meteorologic and Geography of Canada, geological regions. With Population of Canada, a population of over 41million people, it has widely varying population densities, with the majority residing in List of the largest population centres in Canada, urban areas and large areas of the country being sparsely populated. Canada's capital is Ottawa and List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, ... [...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] |
Pitt Island
Pitt Island ( Moriori: , ) is the second largest island in New Zealand's Chatham Islands, with an area of . It lies about to the east of New Zealand's main islands, and about to the southeast of Chatham Island, from which it is separated by Pitt Strait. The island is hilly; its highest point (Waihere Head) rises to above sea level. , Pitt Island had a population of about 38 people. Pitt Island's Kahuitara Point is the first populated location on Earth to observe a sunrise in each new year, based on local time zone. History Pitt Island was originally inhabited by the Moriori, the indigenous peoples of the Chatham Islands, who called it ''Rangiaotea'' or ''Rangihaute''. Their archaeological remains are found almost everywhere on the island; large quantities of artefacts are constantly coming to light. No remains of momori rakau are visible on the island, but there are records of them once being present. The first Europeans to see and name Chatham Island were the crew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is bounded by the continents of Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east. At in area (as defined with a southern Antarctic border), the Pacific Ocean is the largest division of the World Ocean and the hydrosphere and covers approximately 46% of Earth's water surface and about 32% of the planet's total surface area, larger than its entire land area ().Pacific Ocean . ''Encyclopædia Britannica, Britannica Concise.'' 2008: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. The centers of both the Land and water hemispheres, water hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere, as well as the Pole of inaccessi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Columbia Coast
The British Columbia Coast, popularly referred to as the BC Coast or simply the Coast, is a geographic region of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of British Columbia. As the entire western continental coastline of Canada along the Pacific Ocean is in the province, it is synonymous with being the West Coast of Canada. While the exact boundaries are variously defined, the region is generally defined to include the 15 regional districts that have coastline along the Pacific Ocean or Salish Sea, or are part of the Lower Mainland, a subregion of the British Columbia Coast. Other boundaries may exclude parts of or even entire regional districts, such as those of the aforementioned ''Lower Mainland''. Boundaries While the term ''British Columbia Coast'' has been recorded from the earliest period of non-native settlement in British Columbia, it has never been officially defined in legal terms. The term has historically been in popular usage for over a century to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Gitxaala Nation
The Gitxaała Nation is a First Nations government located in the village of Lach Klan (also called Kitkatla on Canadian maps), in the North Coast region of the Canadian province of 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 .... Governance The Gitxaała Nation has a Governing Council consisting of seven elected members and a Hereditary Table (''Na hali Txooxgm sayt wan Sm'gygyet''). The Governing Council is responsible for the administration of programs and services such as housing, public works and health services. The Hereditary Table serves an advisory role to the Governing Council and decides on the distribution of resources and territory. Governing Council members See also * Kitkatla (band) References External links Official website of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsimshian
The Tsimshian (; ) are an Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. Their communities are mostly in coastal British Columbia in Terrace, British Columbia, Terrace and Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Prince Rupert, and Metlakatla, Alaska on Annette Island, the only reservation in Alaska. The Tsimshian estimate there are 45,000 Tsimshian people and approximately 10,000 members are federally registered in eight First Nations communities: Kitselas First Nation, Kitselas'','' Kitsumkalum First Nation, Kitsumkalum'','' Gitxaala Nation, Gitxaala'','' Gitga'at First Nation, Gitga'at, Kitasoo/Xaixais First Nation, Kitasoo, Lax-kw'alaams First Nation, Lax Kw'Alaams'','' and Metlakatla First Nation, Metlakatla. The latter two communities resulted in the colonial intersections of early settlers and consist of Tsimshian people belonging to the 'nine tribes.' The Tsimshian are one of the largest First Nations peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salmon River (other)
Salmon River may refer to: Canada British Columbia *Salmon River (Fraser River), in the Central Interior * Salmon River (Haida Gwaii), on Moresby Island *Salmon River (Langley), in the Lower Fraser Valley *Salmon River (Portland Canal), in northwestern British Columbia *Salmon River (Shuswap Lake), near Salmon Arm *Salmon River (Vancouver Island), near Kelsey Bay *The Salmo River, in the West Kootenay region, was known historically as the Salmon River *The Pa-aat River, on Pitt Island in the North Coast region, was formerly called the Salmon River New Brunswick *Salmon River (New Brunswick) Nova Scotia *Salmon River (Nova Scotia), in Colchester County **Salmon River, Colchester County (community), a community located along this river * Salmon River, Digby County * Salmon River, Richmond County Ontario *Salmon River (Ontario) United States * Salmon River (Alaska) any of several rivers in Alaska *Salmon River (California) *Salmon River (Connecticut) *Salmon River (Idaho), known a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rivers Of British Columbia
The following is a partial list of rivers of British Columbia, organized by drainage basin, watershed. Some large creeks are included either because of size or historical importance (See Alphabetical List of British Columbia rivers ). Also included are lakes that are "in-line" connecting upper tributaries of listed rivers, or at their heads. Arctic drainage Arctic Ocean via Mackenzie River drainage :''(NB Liard tributaries on Yukon side of border omitted)'' Liard River watershed *Liard River **Petiewewtot River **Fort Nelson River ***Sahtaneh River ****Snake River (Sahtaneh River tributary), Snake River ***Muskwa River ****Prophet River *****Minaker River *****Besa River ****Tetsa River ****Chischa River ****Tuchodi River ***Sikanni Chief River ****Buckinghorse River ***Fontas River **Dunedin River **Beaver River (Liard River tributary), Beaver River **Toad River ***West Toad River ***Racing River (Toad River tributary), Racing River ***Schipa River **Grayling River **Trout River ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
