QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND


Meaning of QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND in English

Broad, deep inlet of the Pacific Ocean indenting western British Columbia, Canada.

Bounded on the north by the Queen Charlotte Islands and on the south by Vancouver Island , the sound feeds into a series of straits that once were the paths followed by the continental glaciers as they pushed out to sea. Its eastern border is a complex of islands, inlets, and fjords.

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