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Grenville Channel

Coordinates: 53°37′0″N 129°43′0″W / 53.61667°N 129.71667°W / 53.61667; -129.71667
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Grenville Channel
Grenville Channel
Grenville Channel is located in British Columbia
Grenville Channel
Grenville Channel
Location in British Columbia
LocationNorth Coast RD, British Columbia
Coordinates53°37′0″N 129°43′0″W / 53.61667°N 129.71667°W / 53.61667; -129.71667
TypeStrait
Ocean/sea sourcesPacific Ocean

Grenville Channel is a strait on the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada, between Pitt Island and the mainland to the south of Prince Rupert.[1] It is part of the Inside Passage shipping route, about 45 nautical miles (83 km; 52 mi) long and is 0.2 nautical miles (0.37 km; 0.23 mi) wide at its narrowest point.[2]

The Grenville Channel Fault that forms the channel dates back to the Cretaceous Era.[3] Both sides are mountainous and densely wooded,[2] and a linear magnetic anomaly runs parallel to the channel south of 51"30'N.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ "Grenville Channel". BC Geographical Names.
  2. ^ a b "Chart 3772, 3773, Grenville Channel". Sailing Directions, British Columbia Coast, (Northern Portion). II (Ninth Edition): 158–159. 1983.
  3. ^ Nelson J, Diakow L, van Staal C, Chipley D (2013). "Ordovician volcanogenic sulphides in the southern Alexander terrane, coastal NW British Columbia: geology, Pb isotopic signature, and a case for correlation with Appalachian and Scandinavian deposits" (PDF). British Columbia Geological Survey. 2013 (1): 13–33. S2CID 207961330. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-06-26. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  4. ^ Chardon D, Andronicos C, Holliste L (April 1999). "Large-scale transpressive shear zone patterns and displacements within magmatic arcs: The Coast Plutonic Complex, British Columbia". Tectonics. 18 (2): 278–292. Bibcode:1999Tecto..18..278C. doi:10.1029/1998TC900035.
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