Hecate Strait

American  

[hek-it] / ˈhɛk ɪt /

noun

1. a strait in central British Columbia, Canada, between the mainland and the Queen Charlotte Islands. 160 miles (257 km) long and 40–80 miles (64–129 km) wide.

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Example Sentences

Art Sterritt, executive director of Coastal First Nations, stands aboard a 70-foot boat plying the waters near Prince Rupert and points across the Hecate Strait at a string of buoys marking spots where the seabed was seeded with juvenile scallops in 2012.

From Washington Post

The quake was felt on the mainland in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, which is across the Hecate Strait from the islands.

From New York Times

Comparing the latter with Russel’s general map of North America, 1794, the Anian strait appears to coincide with the strait between Queen Charlotte’s Island and the mainland, the modern Hecate Strait.

From Project Gutenberg

Four specimens taken in Hecate Strait, July, 1904.

From Project Gutenberg

In Hecate Strait, between the Queen Charlotte Islands and the mainland, there were wonderfully productive halibut fisheries, from which a supply of fish was dried and packed away for the winter, so that there was always a store of provisions on hand.

From Project Gutenberg