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179:, the first governor of the
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317:Generating Station of the
181:Colony of British Columbia
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215:A major side-inlet, the
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275:smelter at Kitimat, as
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923:Queen Charlotte Strait
800:Princess Royal Channel
169:British Columbia Coast
810:Queen Charlotte Sound
795:Prince Rupert Harbour
382:BC Geographical Names
296:liquefied natural gas
298:(LNG) subsidiary of
221:Devastation Channel
167:(or fjords) of the
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903:Loughborough Inlet
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111:53.667°N 129.133°W
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996:Discovery Passage
760:Grenville Channel
740:Finlayson Channel
692:Skidegate Channel
377:"Douglas Channel"
347:"Douglas Channel"
319:Nechako Diversion
300:Royal Dutch Shell
225:Hawkesbury Island
177:Sir James Douglas
171:, into which the
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1026:Malaspina Strait
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888:Johnstone Strait
820:Seaforth Channel
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770:Juan Perez Sound
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966:Boundary Bay
961:Baynes Sound
913:Phillips Arm
898:Knight Inlet
853:Belize Inlet
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1001:Haro Strait
956:Active Pass
873:Drury Inlet
830:Smith Sound
825:Smith Inlet
707:North Coast
677:Laskeek Bay
659:Haida Gwaii
466:Hydrography
304:LNG carrier
205:archipelago
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88:Coordinates
1238:Categories
1134:Hansen Bay
1119:Brooks Bay
1086:Toba Inlet
1041:Ramsay Arm
1016:Howe Sound
948:Salish Sea
863:Call Inlet
858:Bute Inlet
406:2023-04-21
362:2020-06-16
333:References
292:LNG Canada
245:Sognefjord
120: (
632:Williston
597:Kinbasket
249:Greenland
211:Geography
612:Okanagan
602:Kootenay
592:Harrison
582:Cowichan
546:Thompson
501:Kootenay
491:Cowichan
486:Columbia
273:aluminum
269:methanol
263:Industry
195:(on the
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73:Location
617:Shuswap
607:Nechako
541:Stikine
531:Quesnel
521:Nechako
511:Nanaimo
323:Kitimat
277:bauxite
189:Kitimat
98:53°40′N
627:Teslin
622:Tagish
577:Babine
536:Skeena
496:Fraser
478:Rivers
315:Kemano
241:Norway
165:inlets
81:Canada
572:Atlin
564:Lakes
526:Peace
506:Liard
237:fjord
141:Fjord
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