Douglas Channel is one of the principal
inlets of the
British Columbia Coast. Its official length from the head of Kitimat Arm, where the aluminum smelter town of
Kitimat to
Wright Sound, on the
Inside Passage ferry route, is 90 km (56 mi). The actual length of the
fjord's waterway includes waters between there and the open waters of the
Hecate Strait outside the coastal archipelago, comprising another 60 km (37 mi) for 140 km (87 mi) in total.