Sechelt Inlet[1] formerly Seechelt Inlet[2] is one of the principal inlets of the British Columbia Coast. The inlet is significant in that it almost makes an island of what is instead the Sechelt Peninsula, whose isthmus is at the town of Sechelt at the head of the inlet. The isthmus is less than 1.2 km (0.75 mi) in length. Sechelt Inlet's mouth is at Jervis Inlet, inland from the Malaspina Strait.
Also significant about Sechelt Inlet are, near the inlet's mouth, the Sechelt Rapids within the Skookumchuck Narrows, which rage with near waterfall-like fury during tidal flow, both incoming and outgoing. Other fjords on the British Columbia Coast have similar rapids, also called skookumchucks (strong waters in the Chinook Jargon, the old coastal trade language), which like Sechelt Inlet are caused by the typical shallows and narrows near the mouth of a fjord as the volume of water inside the fjord's depths tries to pour out to, or in from, the more open waters beyond. In Sechelt Inlet's case, the Skookumchuck Narrows are exactly as its name describes - narrow - forcing the water to an even greater torrent than is typical elsewhere.
Sechelt Inlet has two side-inlets, Salmon Inlet, which ends at a small power dam at the mouth of the Clowhom River and is about 23 km (14 mi) in length, and Narrows Inlet, which ends at the mouth of the Tzoonie River and includes the Tzoonie Narrows. The latter is about 15 km (9.3 mi) in length and emerges on the main inlet just inside the inner mouth of the Skookumchuck Narrows.
Kayaking through Tzoonie Narrows
From early April to late September 2007, the inlet was a habitat for over 200 Pacific white-sided dolphin. These social mammals seemed to enjoy seeking the attention of their human observers.
SecheltInlet formerly Seechelt Inlet is one of the principal inlets of the British Columbia Coast. The inlet is significant in that it almost makes an...
southern tip of Sechelt Inlet (Porpoise Bay) and the Strait of Georgia that separates the provincial mainland from Vancouver Island. Sechelt is a seaside community...
strait forming the entrance of SecheltInlet on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast in Canada. Before broadening into SecheltInlet, all of its tidal flow together...
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Agamemnon Channel (separating it from Nelson Island) and Jervis Inlet, to the east by SecheltInlet (separating it from mainland British Columbia), and to the...
coast, beginning at the town of Sechelt, the coastal area forms a peninsula separated from the inland area by SecheltInlet. The 2016 census reported a total...
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British Columbia Skookumchuck Narrows, a narrow entrance passage into SecheltInlet, a fjord in British Columbia's Sunshine Coast Skookumchuck Narrows Provincial...
the city of Sechelt. The six sites are located at various locations on SecheltInlet and its two side arms, Salmon Inlet and Narrows Inlet. Established...
Peninsula and upper Sunshine Coast). The mouth of SecheltInlet connects with lekw’emin (Jervis Inlet) in the area of sḵelh (Earls Cove). Population is...
reservoir in the SecheltInlet basin, located on the Clowhom River at the upper end of Salmon Inlet, the southern side-inlet of SecheltInlet. Formed by Clowhom...
of SecheltInlet. The building was originally a restaurant from Expo 86 and has since been slowly transformed into an air and sea gateway to Sechelt. First...
the north flank of its lower reaches, roughly opposite the mouth of SecheltInlet. There is a deep basin at its entrance reaching a depth of 730 m (2...
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remote, short river that enters the head of the Narrows Inlet about 36.6 km north of Sechelt, British Columbia. The Tzoonie River originates at the outlet...
enters the lower reaches of the lake. List of rivers of British Columbia SecheltInlet Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source...
the proper name and postal address of which was Granville, B.I. ("Burrard Inlet"). The official boundary does not include most of Hastings Street except...
production. In 1904, they established their home near his quarry on Tod Inlet at the base of the Saanich Peninsula on Vancouver Island. In 1907 Isaburo...
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Command 1992 A Restigouche-class destroyer sunk as an artificial reef in SecheltInlet. City of Ainsworth Canada 29 November 1898 A paddle steamer sternwheeler...
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