Queen Charlotte Strait

Queen Charlotte Strait
French: Détroit de la Reine-Charlotte
A pilot boat plies Queen Charlotte Strait near Port Hardy
Queen Charlotte Strait
Queen Charlotte Strait is located southeast of Queen Charlotte Sound
Location	British Columbia
Coordinates	50°50′16″N 127°27′29″W / 50.83778°N 127.45806°W / 50.83778; -127.45806 (Queen Charlotte Strait)
Type	Strait
Ocean/sea sources	Pacific Ocean
Settlements	Alert Bay, Port Hardy, Port McNeill, Sointula

Queen Charlotte Strait^[1] is a strait between Vancouver Island and the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It connects Queen Charlotte Sound with Johnstone Strait and Discovery Passage and via them to the Strait of Georgia and Puget Sound. It forms part of the Inside Passage from Washington to Alaska. The term Queen Charlotte Strait is also used to refer to the general region and its many communities, notably of the Kwakwakaʼwakw peoples. Despite its name, Queen Charlotte Strait does not lie between Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands) and the mainland; that body of water is named Hecate Strait.