Principe Channel

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Principe Channel
Location Range 4 Coast Land District [1]
Coordinates 53°25′34″N129°56′58″W / 53.42611°N 129.94944°W / 53.42611; -129.94944 [2]
Type Channel
Part of Inside Passage
Basin  countries Canada
Location
Principe Channel
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Principe Channel is a strait on the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada, [1] located between Banks Island (to the West) and Pitt Island (to the East), [2] and is bounded on the south by a line from Deer Point on Banks Island, to Ring Point on Pitt Island, and bounded on the north by a line west from Keswar Point on McCauley Island to the shore of Banks Island. [3]

The channel is part of a Confined Channel Assessment Area, [4] part of the North Coast Waterway, [5] and the principal navigable route between Kitimat and Browning Entrance.

The Kitselas and Gitxaalahave also designated the channel as containing traditional harvesting areas. [4] [5]

Etymology

"Principe" means "prince" in Spanish. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Principe Channel". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2026-01-06.
  2. 1 2 "Principe Channel". BC Geographical Names .
  3. ↑ "Coastal Fisheries Protection Regulations (C.R.C., c. 413), section 5". Justice Laws Website. Government of Canada. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  4. 1 2 Marine Fisheries Technical Data Report (PDF). Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (Technical data report). Government of Canada. 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  5. 1 2 British Columbia North Coast Waterway Management Guidelines (PDF) (Government report). Ottawa, Ontario; British Columbia: Fisheries and Oceans Canada. 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  6. ↑ Office, United States Hydrographic (1962). Publications. U.S. Government Printing Office.


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