Definition of Strait of Georgia

1. Noun. The strait separating Vancouver Island from the Canadian mainland.

Generic synonyms: Sound, Strait

Definition of Strait of Georgia

1. Proper noun. A strait that runs between Vancouver Island and mainland British Columbia. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Strait Of Georgia

Storeria occipitamaculata
Storm Troops
Stornoway
Stott
Stowe
Strabo
Strachey
Strad
Stradavarius
Stradivari
Stradivarius
Strads
Strait of Bonifacio
Strait of Calais
Strait of Dover
Strait of Georgia (current term)
Strait of Gibraltar
Strait of Hormuz
Strait of Juan de Fuca
Strait of Kerch
Strait of Magellan
Strait of Malacca
Strait of Messina
Strait of Ormuz
Strait of Otranto
Strait of Sicily
Strand
Strangelovian
Strasbourg
Strasburg

Literary usage of Strait of Georgia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Papers Relating to the Treaty of Washington by United States Dept. of State, Geneva Arbitration Tribunal (1872)
"These waters are now termed, in British charts, the Strait of Georgia. ... Continued across the Strait of Georgia, the parallel line strikes at an acute ..."

2. Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet by C. John Ralph (1997)
"Many murrelets overwinter in the Strait of Georgia and Puget Sound, but the wintering distribution is poorly known. Aggregations in summer were associated ..."

3. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1900)
"... a wide, open umbilicus, and rounded venter, from the Cretaceous rocks at Norris Rock, south of Hornby Island, in the Strait of Georgia. ..."

4. Daily Geography Practice Grade 5 by Sandi Johnson (2004)
"Strait of Georgia and Strait of Juan de Fuca Friday 1. ... The San Juan Islands are the group of islands directly southeast of the Strait of Georgia. ..."

5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1878)
"The glacier must have filled the Strait of Georgia, with a breadth, in some places, ... Observations in the northern part of the Strait of Georgia, ..."

6. The United States and the Dominion of Canada: Their Future by Alexander Monro (1879)
"The Strait of Georgia, though chiefly in the Dominion, is almost useless as a path for ships between the main land and the ocean. ..."

7. Annual Report (new Series).: Volume I-XVI...1885-1904 by Geological Survey of Canada (1898)
"... Triassic trap rocks on the west side of Valdes Island, near Seymour Narrows, at the north end of the Strait of Georgia, province of British Columbia. ..."

8. Report on Surveys and Preliminary Operations on the Canadian Pacific Railway by Sandford Fleming, Canada Dept. of Public Works (1877)
"6, extended to Frederick Arin, meet the objections to a terminus within the Strait of Georgia ? An examination of the chart shews Frederick Arm tobe ..."

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