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Dean Channel

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Dean Channel is the upper end of one of the longest inlets of the British Columbia Coast, from its head at the mouth of the Kimsquit River. [1]

36 relations: Alexander Mackenzie (explorer), Bella Coola River, Bella Coola Valley, Bella Coola, British Columbia, British Columbia Coast, Calvert Island (British Columbia), Chilcotin Country, Coast Mountains, Dean of Raphoe, Dean River, Fisher Channel, Fitz Hugh Sound, Fjord, George Henry Richards, George Vancouver, Greenland, Hardangerfjord, Heiltsuk, Heiltsuk dialect, Kimsquit, Kimsquit River, King Island (British Columbia), Kitimat, North Bentinck Arm, Norway, Nuxalk, Ocean Falls, Queen Charlotte Sound (Canada), Queen Charlotte Strait, Rivers Inlet, Scoresby Sound, Sir Alexander Mackenzie Provincial Park, Sognefjord, Vancouver, Williams Lake, British Columbia, Wuikinuxv.

Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)

Sir Alexander Mackenzie (or MacKenzie, Alasdair MacCoinnich; 1764 – 12 March 1820) was a Scottish explorer known for accomplishing the first east to west crossing of North America north of Mexico, which preceded the more famous Lewis and Clark Expedition by 12 years.

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Bella Coola River

The Bella Coola River is a major river on the Pacific slope of the Coast Mountains in southern British Columbia.

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Bella Coola Valley

The Bella Coola Valley is a relatively small but distinct region located in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada, comprising the valley of the Bella Coola River and its tributaries.

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Bella Coola, British Columbia

Bella Coola is a community in the Bella Coola Valley, in British Columbia, Canada.

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British Columbia Coast

The British Columbia Coast or BC Coast is Canada's western continental coastline on the North Pacific Ocean.

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Calvert Island (British Columbia)

Calvert Island is an island on the coast of the Canadian province of British Columbia.

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Chilcotin Country

The Chilcotin region of British Columbia is usually known simply as "the Chilcotin", and also in speech commonly as "the Chilcotin Country" or simply Chilcotin.

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Coast Mountains

The Coast Mountains are a major mountain range in the Pacific Coast Ranges of western North America, extending from southwestern Yukon through the Alaska Panhandle and virtually all of the Coast of British Columbia south to the Fraser River.

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Dean of Raphoe

The Dean of Raphoe is based at Cathedral Church of St. Eunan, Raphoe, County Donegal, Ulster in the Diocese of Derry and Raphoe within the Church of Ireland.

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Dean River

The Dean River is one of the major rivers of the Kitimat Ranges subrange of the southern Coast Mountains in British Columbia.

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Fisher Channel

Fisher Channel is a channel in the Central Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia.

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Fitz Hugh Sound

Fitz Hugh Sound, sometimes spelled Fitzhugh Sound, is a sound on the British Columbia Coast of Canada, located between Calvert Island and the mainland.

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Fjord

Geologically, a fjord or fiord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier.

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George Henry Richards

Admiral Sir George Henry Richards (13January182014November1896) was Hydrographer to the British Admiralty from 1864 to 1874.

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George Vancouver

Captain George Vancouver (22 June 1757 – 10 May 1798) was a British officer of the Royal Navy, best known for his 1791–95 expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern Pacific Coast regions, including the coasts of contemporary Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon.

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Greenland

Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat,; Grønland) is an autonomous constituent country within the Kingdom of Denmark between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.

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Hardangerfjord

The Hardangerfjord (Hardanger Fjord) is the fourth longest fjord in the world, and the second longest fjord in Norway.

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Heiltsuk

The Heiltsuk, also Bella Bella, are an Indigenous people of the Central Coast region in British Columbia, centred on the island community of Bella Bella.

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Heiltsuk dialect

Heiltsuk, also known as Haíɫzaqv, Bella Bella and Haihais, is a dialect of the North Wakashan (Kwakiutlan) language Heiltsuk-Oowekyala that is spoken by the Haihai (Xai'xais) and Bella Bella First Nations peoples of the Central Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, around the communities of Bella Bella and Klemtu, British Columbia.

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Kimsquit

Kimsquit is a former village of the Nuxalk at the mouth of the Dean River on the northeast side of Dean Channel in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada.

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Kimsquit River

The Kimsquit River is a river in the Kitimat Ranges of the Coast Mountains in British Columbia, Canada, flowing into the head of Dean Channel, one of the major inlets of the Central Coast region.

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King Island (British Columbia)

King Island is an island on the Coast of the Canadian province of British Columbia.

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Kitimat

Kitimat is a district municipality in the North Coast region of British Columbia, Canada.

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North Bentinck Arm

North Bentinck Arm is a short inlet about in length in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada.

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Norway

Norway (Norwegian: (Bokmål) or (Nynorsk); Norga), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a unitary sovereign state whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard.

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Nuxalk

The Nuxalk people (Nuxalk: Nuxalk; pronounced), also referred to as the Bella Coola, Bellacoola or Bilchula, are an Indigenous First Nation in Canada, living in the area in and around Bella Coola, British Columbia.

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Ocean Falls

Ocean Falls is a community on the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada.

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Queen Charlotte Sound (Canada)

Queen Charlotte Sound is a sound of the Pacific Ocean in British Columbia, Canada, between Vancouver Island in the south and Haida Gwaii (formerly Queen Charlotte Islands) in the north.

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Queen Charlotte Strait

Queen Charlotte Strait is a strait between Vancouver Island and the Mainland of British Columbia, Canada.

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Rivers Inlet

Rivers Inlet is a fjord in the Central Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, its entrance off Fitz Hugh Sound, about southwest of the community of Bella Coola and about north of the northern tip of Vancouver Island and the western entrance of the Queen Charlotte Strait.

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Scoresby Sound

Scoresby Sund (Danish: Scoresby Sund, Greenlandic: Kangertittivaq) is a large fjord system of the Greenland Sea on the eastern coast of Greenland.

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Sir Alexander Mackenzie Provincial Park

Sir Alexander Mackenzie Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.

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Sognefjord

The Sognefjord or Sognefjorden, nicknamed the King of the Fjords, is the largest and deepest fjord in Norway.

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Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia.

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Williams Lake, British Columbia

Williams Lake is a city in the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada.

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Wuikinuxv

The Wuikinuxv, also rendered Oowekeeno, Wuikenukv, Wikeno, Owikeno, Oweekano, Awikenox, and also known as the Rivers Inlet people, are an Indigenous First Nations people of the Central Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, located around Rivers Inlet and Owikeno Lake, to the north of Queen Charlotte Strait.

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Dean Inlet, South Bentinck Arm.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Channel

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