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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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    claim to have explored the Strait of Anián—now known as the Strait of Juan de Fuca—between Vancouver Island (now part of British Columbia, Canada) and...
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    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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    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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    should follow between the Strait of Georgia and the Strait of Juan de Fuca, leading to a boundary dispute. In 1852, the Territory of Oregon created Island...
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    Cape Flattery (redirect from Fuca Pillar)
    northwesternmost point of the contiguous United States. It is in Clallam County, Washington on the Olympic Peninsula, where the Strait of Juan de Fuca joins the Pacific...
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    merchant ship and suspected spy vessel Kapitan Man, which was in the Strait of Juan de Fuca in U.S. territorial waters near Port Angeles, Washington. The Canadian...
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    channel, and of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, to the Pacific Ocean." However, two straits could be called the middle of the channel: Haro Strait, along the...
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    Rosario Strait is a strait in northern Washington state, separating San Juan County and Skagit and Whatcom Counties. It extends from the Strait of Juan de Fuca...
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    Dionisio Alcalá Galiano (category Knights of the Order of Alcántara)
    mapped the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Strait of Georgia, and made the first European circumnavigation of Vancouver Island. He reached the rank of brigadier...
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    Puget Sound (category Bodies of water of Island County, Washington)
    on Geographic Names as the collective waters of Puget Sound, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the Strait of Georgia. Sometimes the terms "Puget Sound" and...
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    Salish Sea (category Articles using infobox body of water without alt)
    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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  • Juan de Fuca was a Greek maritime explorer. Juan de Fuca may also refer to: Strait of Juan de Fuca, a strait separating Vancouver Island from the Olympic...
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  • Marilyn Bell (category Members of the Order of Ontario)
    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 Grace Bell...
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    Botanical Beach, just outside Port Renfrew. Panoramic views of the coastline, Juan de Fuca Strait and the Olympic Mountains can be seen from many points along...
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    50000 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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    part of high seas or an exclusive economic zone with the territorial sea of a coastal nation (Straits of Tiran, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Strait of Baltiysk)...
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    State Route 112 (SR 112, named the Strait of Juan de Fuca Highway) is a state highway and scenic byway in the U.S. state of Washington. It runs east–west for...
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  • Imperial Eagle (ship) (category Age of Sail merchant ships of England)
    the 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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    Marine Circle Road, or by boat from the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The First Nations of Vancouver Island have a legend of a Spanish trading schooner which arrived...
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    account claims de Fuca found a large strait, with a large island at its mouth, at around 47° north latitude. The Strait of Juan de Fuca is in fact at around...
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    across the Strait of Juan de Fuca to Victoria, British Columbia, Canada on the MV Coho. This area was long occupied by succeeding cultures of indigenous...
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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. It connects Skagit Bay, part of Puget Sound, with the Strait of Juan de Fuca. A pair of bridges known collectively as Deception Pass Bridge cross...
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  • with orders to explore the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the ship set sail on May 31, 1790. They rapidly passed the furthest point of previous exploration, which...
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    Elwha River (category Rivers of Washington (state))
    state of Washington. From its source at Elwha snowfinger in the Olympic Mountains, it flows generally north to the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Most of the river's...
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    Olympic Peninsula (category Peninsulas of Washington (state))
    It is bounded on the west by the Pacific Ocean, the north by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the east by Hood Canal. Cape Alava, the westernmost point in...
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    Coast northward past the treacherous Columbia Bar and Juan de Fuca Strait, up the rocky western coast of Vancouver Island to Cape Scott. Unpredictable weather...
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    Angeles, Washington, by ferry Coho across the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Named for Queen Victoria, the city is one of the oldest in the Pacific Northwest, with...
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    with officers López de Haro and Juan Carrasco, sailed the Princesa Real into the Strait of Juan de Fuca, following up on a voyage of Narváez the previous...
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