Strait in the North Coast region of British Columbia, Canada
Grenville Channel is a
strait on the
North Coast of British Columbia ,
Canada , between
Pitt Island and the mainland to the south of
Prince Rupert .
[1] It is part of the
Inside Passage shipping route, about 45 nautical miles (83 km; 52 mi) long and is 0.2 nautical miles (0.37 km; 0.23 mi) wide at its narrowest point.
[2]
The Grenville Channel Fault that forms the channel dates back to the
Cretaceous Era .
[3] Both sides are mountainous and densely wooded,
[2] and a linear
magnetic anomaly runs parallel to the channel south of 51"30'N.
[4]
See also
References
^
"Grenville Channel" .
BC Geographical Names .
^
a
b "Chart 3772, 3773, Grenville Channel". Sailing Directions, British Columbia Coast, (Northern Portion) . II (Ninth Edition): 158–159. 1983.
^ Nelson J, Diakow L, van Staal C, Chipley D (2013).
"Ordovician volcanogenic sulphides in the southern Alexander terrane, coastal NW British Columbia: geology, Pb isotopic signature, and a case for correlation with Appalachian and Scandinavian deposits" (PDF) . British Columbia Geological Survey . 2013 (1): 13–33.
S2CID
207961330 . Archived from
the original (PDF) on 2020-06-26. Retrieved 2020-06-23 .
^ Chardon D, Andronicos C, Holliste L (April 1999).
"Large-scale transpressive shear zone patterns and displacements within magmatic arcs: The Coast Plutonic Complex, British Columbia" . Tectonics . 18 (2): 278–292.
Bibcode :
1999Tecto..18..278C .
doi :
10.1029/1998TC900035 .
External links
Media related to
Grenville Channel at Wikimedia Commons