Slingsby Channel

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Slingsby Channel is a strait on the north side of Bramham Island in the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia. [1] It is one of only two entrances to Seymour Inlet and the associated maze of waterways inland, which lie to the northeast of Bramham. The other entrance is Schooner Channel, formerly Schooner Passage, on the east side of that island.

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Bramham Island is an island in the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, located on the north side of the entrance to that strait. It lies in the entrance to the maze of waterways inland to the northeast, focussed on Seymour Inlet, which includes Belize Inlet and Allison Harbour and Nugent Sound, though it is flanked only by Slingsby Channel, on its north, and by Schooner Channel on its east. To its west are the open waters at the convergence of Queen Charlotte Sound and Queen Charlotte Strait. The island is approximately 23 km2 in size and is mostly low-lying hills and includes a number of freshwater lakes.

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Through the Slingsby Channel flows the world's strongest current, the Nakwakto Rapids, that has been measured at speeds up to 18.4 miles per hour. [3] The current is so fast at times, that people have tied a rope to Turret Rock, which is located right in the middle of the rapids, and then water-skied. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Slingsby Channel". BC Geographical Names.
  2. ↑ "Bramham Island". BC Geographical Names.
  3. ↑ Weihs, Jean (1995). Facts about Canada, Its Provinces and Territories . H.W. Wilson Company.
  4. ↑ "Tremble Island, in Nakwakto Rapids: the fastest navigable waters in the world". wikimapia. Retrieved February 18, 2013.

Coordinates: 51°05′00″N127°34′00″W / 51.08333°N 127.56667°W / 51.08333; -127.56667

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