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Salish Sea
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Salish Sea
The
Salish Sea
( ) is the intricate network of
coastal
waterways
that includes the southwestern portion of the
Canadian
province of
British Columbia
and the northwestern portion of the
U.S.
state of
Washington
. Its major
bodies of water
are the
Strait of Georgia
, the
Strait of Juan de Fuca
, and
Puget Sound
. It reaches from
Desolation Sound
at the north end of the Strait of Georgia to
Oakland Bay
at the head of
Hammersley Inlet
at the south end of Puget Sound. The inland waterways of the Salish Sea are partially separated from the open
Pacific Ocean
by
Vancouver Island
and the
Olympic Peninsula
, and are thus partially shielded from Pacific Ocean storms. Major
port
cities on the Salish Sea include
Vancouver
,
Seattle
,
Tacoma
,
Bellingham
,
Port Angeles
and
Victoria
. Much of the coast is part of a
megalopolis
stretching from
West Vancouver
, British Columbia to
Olympia, Washington
.
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