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The
Inside Passage of the
Alaska Panhandle and coastal
British Columbia is a coastal route for oceangoing vessels along a series of passages between the mainland and the coastal islands. Ships using the route can avoid some of the bad weather in the open ocean, and visit the many isolated communities along the route. It is heavily travelled by cruise ships, freighters, tugs with tows, fishing craft and ships of the
Alaska Marine Highway and
BC Ferries systems. The name
Inside Passage is also used to refer to the ocean and islands around the passage.
While the
Alexander Archipelago provides some protection from the
Pacific Ocean weather, much of the area experiences strong semi-
diurnal tides which can create extreme differences between high and low tide, so careful piloting is necessary in many places in order to not collide with underwater obstructions.
The
Inside Passage is also sometimes referred to as the
Inland Passage which is in turn a reference to early explorers' quest to locate the
Northwest Passage between the
Pacific Ocean and the
Atlantic Ocean.
The Alaskan portion of the
Inside Passage, in the north, extends 500 miles from north to south and 100 miles from east to west. The area encompasses 1,000 islands, 15,000 miles of shoreline and thousands of coves and bays.
British Columbia's southern portion of the route is of similar extent, with up to 25,000 miles of coastline, and includes the narrow, protected
Strait of Georgia between
Vancouver Island and the B.C. mainland, the
Johnstone and
Queen Charlotte Straits between
Vancouver Island and the mainland, as well as the wider and more exposed
Hecate Strait near the
Queen Charlotte Islands.
The
Inside Passage is a destination for kayakers and canoeists from all over the world. Each year groups and individuals paddle along the fjords from
British Columbia to
Glacier Bay in Alaska.
Gallery
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