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    Juan de Fuca Channel is a submarine channel off the shore of Washington state, United States and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The Juan de Fuca Channel...
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    The Strait of Juan de Fuca (officially named Juan de Fuca Strait in Canada) is a body of water about 96 miles (83 nmi; 154 km) long that is the Salish...
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    The Juan de Fuca Plate is a small tectonic plate (microplate) generated from the Juan de Fuca Ridge that is subducting beneath the northerly portion of...
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    The Juan de Fuca Ridge is a mid-ocean spreading center and divergent plate boundary located off the coast of the Pacific Northwest region of North America...
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  • Notably, Cascadia Channel has tributaries, akin to river tributaries. Cascadia Channel has two contributing tributaries—Juan de Fuca Channel from the north...
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    treaty did not specify which channel the border should follow between the Strait of Georgia and the Strait of Juan de Fuca, leading to a boundary dispute...
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    Juan de Fuca, to the Pacific Ocean." However, two straits could be called the middle of the channel: Haro Strait, along the west side of the San Juan Islands;...
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    Strait of Georgia (category Landforms of San Juan County, Washington)
    connect the Strait of Georgia to the Strait of Juan de Fuca. In the north, Discovery Passage is the main channel connecting the Strait of Georgia to Johnstone...
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    Port Renfrew (category Juan de Fuca region)
    occurred in the immediate vicinity of the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca. This stretch of coastline around Port Renfrew became known as the Graveyard...
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    Puget Sound has one major and two minor connections to the Strait of Juan de Fuca, which in turn connects to the open Pacific Ocean. The major connection...
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    Juan de Fuca Provincial Park is a provincial park located on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. The park was established on...
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  • Gonzalo López de Haro. Dispatched by Francisco de Eliza from the Spanish post at Nootka Sound, with orders to explore the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the ship...
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    Haro Strait (category Straits of San Juan County, Washington)
    The Haro Strait is one of the main channels connecting the Strait of Georgia to the Strait of Juan de Fuca, separating Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands...
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    epicenter. It is a very long, sloping subduction zone where the Explorer, Juan de Fuca, and Gorda plates move to the east and slide below the much larger mostly...
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  • Marilyn Bell (category English Channel swimmers)
    person to swim across Lake Ontario and later swam the English Channel and Strait of Juan de Fuca. Bell was born in Toronto, Ontario, to parents Sydney and...
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  • Cascadia Basin Cascadia Channel Cascadia Subduction Zone Grays Canyon Juan de Fuca Canyon Juan de Fuca Plate Juan de Fuca Channel Nitinat Canyon Nitinat...
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  • entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca. He did not explore it, but gave it its present name honouring Juan de Fuca. Juan de Fuca claimed to have discovered...
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    chronometers. He commanded an expedition that explored and mapped the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Strait of Georgia, and made the first European circumnavigation...
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    Cascadia Basin Cascadia Channel Cascadia Subduction Zone Grays Canyon Juan de Fuca Canyon Juan de Fuca Plate Juan de Fuca Channel Nitinat Canyon Nitinat...
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    Strait of Juan de Fuca, Puget Sound, and an intricate network of connecting channels and adjoining waterways. The sea stretches from the channels of the...
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    Race Rocks Ecological Reserve (category Strait of Juan de Fuca)
    ecological reserve off the southern tip of Vancouver Island in the Strait of Juan de Fuca in Metchosin, British Columbia, Canada. Located at a narrow part of the...
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    U.S. state of Washington connecting the eastern end of the Strait of Juan de Fuca to Puget Sound. It lies between Whidbey Island and the northeastern part...
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    Peninsula in northeastern Clallam County, Washington into the Strait of Juan de Fuca. It is the longest natural sand spit in the United States. The spit is...
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  • region, including the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Strait of Georgia. Francisco de Eliza was born in El Puerto de Santa María, Spain, in 1759. He began...
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    Washington, United States, located north of Sequim and on the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Dungeness has a number of waterfront residential communities, but also...
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    International Airport. Ferry service is provided across the Strait of Juan de Fuca to Victoria, British Columbia, Canada on the MV Coho. This area was long...
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    awarding the San Juan Islands to the U.S. The treaty states that the border in the Strait of Juan de Fuca would follow “the middle of the channel which separates...
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    Charles William Barkley (category Strait of Juan de Fuca)
    Nootka Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca, including Barkley Sound, Loudoun Channel, Cape Beale, and Imperial Eagle Channel. In honour of the indigenous...
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  • Cascadia Basin Cascadia Channel Cascadia Subduction Zone Grays Canyon Juan de Fuca Canyon Juan de Fuca Plate Juan de Fuca Channel Nitinat Canyon Nitinat...
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    Rosario Strait (category Straits of San Juan County, Washington)
    Washington state, separating San Juan County and Skagit and Whatcom Counties. It extends from the Strait of Juan de Fuca about 23 kilometres (14 mi) north...
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