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Dixon Entrance
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Dixon Entrance
The
Dixon Entrance
is a
strait
about long and wide in the
Pacific Ocean
at the
International Boundary
between the
U.S.
state of
Alaska
and the province of
British Columbia
in
Canada
. It was named by
Joseph Banks
for Captain
George Dixon
, a
Royal Navy
officer,
fur trader
, and explorer, who surveyed the area in 1787. The Dixon Entrance is part of the
Inside Passage
shipping route. It forms part of the
maritime boundary
between the U.S. and Canada, although the location of that boundary here is disputed. A name used in the
Haida
is
Seegaay
, which means only "ocean".
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