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- noun an inlet of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of British Columbia
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The continental shelf around the area of Queen Charlotte Sound, just south of the islands, is considerably wider, reaching out to sea as far as 95 kilometres.
Pacific Ocean 2008
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It can be divided into 3 regions: the Queen Charlotte Shelf, Queen Charlotte Sound, and the Vancouver Island Shelf.
Pacific Ocean 2008
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The _Stanley D. _ bore down Bentick Arm and on through Burke Channel to the troubled waters of Queen Charlotte Sound, where the blue Pacific opens out and away to far Oriental shores.
North of Fifty-Three Bertrand W. Sinclair 1926
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The river Tlell emptying into Queen Charlotte Sound twenty-five miles north of Skidegate Inlet, is the principal stream discharging on the outer coast of the island.
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St.ep and often precipitous mountains, ranging in elevation from 800 to 4000 feet above the sea, rugged and rocky on their western slopes, densely covered with forests of spruce, hemlock and red cedar, extend from Skidegate to Cape St. James, and from Queen Charlotte Sound to the ocean, over all the islands, so far as my observation extended, except the comparatively small tracts as hereafter described.
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The United States steamer _Suwanee_ met with a like misfortune on entering Queen Charlotte Sound.
Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska Charles Warren Stoddard 1876
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The strongest proof of all was that which was obtained in Queen Charlotte Sound.
John Rutherford, the White Chief George Lillie Craik 1832
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Anderson, in his general remarks on the people of Queen Charlotte Sound, says it is also called
John Rutherford, the White Chief George Lillie Craik 1832
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Mr. Marmorek's report concludes that while the scientific studies done for the Cohen Commission do not point to any single cause, the most likely explanation is that something went wrong in the Strait of Georgia, Queen Charlotte Sound and the Gulf of Alaska, where the young sockeye feed and grow.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed MARK HUME 2011
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Mr. Marmorek's report concludes that while the scientific studies done for the Cohen Commission do not point to any single cause, the most likely explanation is that something went wrong in the Strait of Georgia, Queen Charlotte Sound and the Gulf of Alaska, where the young sockeye feed and grow.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed MARK HUME 2011
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