Skidegate Channel

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Skidegate Channel
Connects waters Hecate Strait
with water Pacific Ocean
Separates land mass Graham Island
of land mass Moresby Island
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Geographical location 53 ° 9 ′  N , 132 ° 20 ′  W Coordinates: 53 ° 9 ′  N , 132 ° 20 ′  W
Skidegate Channel (British Columbia)
Skidegate Channel
length 50 km
Smallest width 25 m
Coastal towns Skidegate , Alliford Bay

The Skidegate Channel ( German  "Skidegate Channel" ) is a 50 km long strait in the Canadian archipelago Haida Gwaii off the west coast of British Columbia . It separates the two main islands of the archipelago, Graham Island in the north and Moresby Island in the south, and connects the Hecate Strait in the east with the Pacific Ocean in the west. At its narrowest point (at 53 ° 9 ′ 7 ″  N , 132 ° 17 ′ 0 ″  W ) the Skidegate Channel is only about 25 meters wide.

The strait is named after the Haida community Skidegate on the southeast coast of Graham Island. A ferry service crosses the Skidegate Channel between Skidegate and Alliford Bay on Moresby Island.

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