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Rosario Strait

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reorganized the British Admiralty charts, in the process removing the "pro-American" names given by Wilkes and affirming pro-British names and Spanish names. He affirmed the name Gulf of Georgia (Strait of Georgia) given by
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it was assumed by the British to be the route of the deepest channel to the open sea from the 49th Parallel boundary's terminus in the middle of the
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and used a shortened version of Eliza's name for the Strait of Georgia to replace both Wilkes' and Eliza's original names for Rosario Strait.
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and refineries near Anacortes. The strait is in constant use by vessels bound for Cherry Point,
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Strait of Juan De Fuca and Georgia, Washington; Chapter 12 - Coast Pilot 7 - Edition 43, 2011
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Waterway connecting the straits of Juan de Fuca and Georgia in northwest Washington, USA
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gave the name Gran Canal de Nuestra Señora del Rosario la Marinera to what is now the
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A Cruising Guide to Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands: Olympia to Port Angeles
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renamed it Canal de Fidalgo after determining it was a strait. Also in 1791
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rosario Strait
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explored the region and gave the Strait of Georgia its present name after
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defines its southern boundary as a line extending from Point Colville on
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Rosario Strait is a major shipping channel. More than 500
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Rosario Strait seen from Washington Park, Anacortes, WA
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The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States
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48°30′N 122°45′W / 48.5°N 122.75°W / 48.5; -122.75

Strait of Juan de Fuca
Strait of Georgia
San Juan Islands
USGS
strait
Washington state
San Juan County
Skagit
Whatcom Counties
Strait of Juan de Fuca
Strait of Georgia
USGS
Lopez Island
Fidalgo Island
Lummi Island
Matia Island
Orcas Island
Lopez
Decatur
Blakely
Orcas
Fidalgo
Sinclair
Lummi
oil tankers
Cherry Point Refinery
Bellingham

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