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Tribune Channel

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Tribune Channel is a channel or strait on the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, separating Gilford Island on the west and north from the mainland.^[1] The channel bends around Gilford Island, with the mouth of Thompson Sound at the elbow of the bend, opening eastwards to the mouth of the Kakweiken River.

At its southern end, it opens onto lower Knight Inlet. Viscount Island lies in the left side of the channel within that opening, separated from the adjacent mainland by Sergeaunt Channel at {{coord|50|41|04|N|126|11|39|W|display=inline|source:BCNames|name=Sergeaunt Channel}}, ^[2] at the northeast end of which, on Tribune Channel, is Pumish Point at {{coord|50|42|59|N|126|11|20|W|display=inline|source:BCNames|name=Pumish Point}}^[3] At the south end of Sergeaunt Channel, on Knight Inlet, is Steep Head at {{coord|50|40|11|N|126|11|02|W|display=inline|source:BCNames|name=Steep Head}}.^[4]

On the west side of Viscount Island is Nickoll Passage at {{coord|50|40|44|N|126|14|29|W|display=inline|source:BCNames|name=Nickoll Passage}}.^[5]

A beach on the south side of the channel at {{coord|50|43|40|N|126|09|00|W|display=inline|source:BCNames|name=tse'lxmedzes}}, south of the opening of Thompson Sound and opposite the southwest coast of Gilford Island and Kumlah Island , is called tse'lxmedzes in Kwak'wala, meaning "crabapple trees on beach".^[6]

Other locations named for {{HMS|Tribune|1853|6}} are:

Tribune Bay Provincial Park and bay of the same name, on the east coast of Hornby Island.^[7]^[8]
Tribune Point, on the south side of Gilford Island.^[9]
Tribune Rock, in the Queen Charlotte Strait region to the north of Hurst Island.^[10]

References

1. ^BC Names/GeoBC entry "Tribune Channel"
2. ^BC Names/GeoBC entry "Sergeaunt Channel"
3. ^BC names/GeoBC entry "Pumish Point"
4. ^BC Names/GeoBC entry "Steep Head"
5. ^BC Names/GeoBC entry "Nickoll Passage"
6. ^BC Names/GeoBC entry "tse'lxmedzes (beach)"
7. ^BC Names/GeoBC entry "Tribune Bay Park (provincial park)"
8. ^BC Names/GeoBC entry "Tribune Bay (bay)"
9. ^BC Names/GeoBC entry "Tribune Point"
10. ^BC Names/GeoBC entry "Tribune Rock"

2 : Straits of British Columbia|Central Coast of British Columbia

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