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Definition of Queen Charlotte Sound
1. Noun. An inlet of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of British Columbia.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Queen Charlotte Sound
Literary usage of Queen Charlotte Sound
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Adventure in New Zealand from 1839 to 1844: With Some Account of the by Edward Jerningham Wakefield, Robert Stout (1908)
"... sight of New Zealand—Cook Strait—Queen Charlotte Sound— ... with two
Englishmen—Mountains—Forest—Scenery of Queen Charlotte Sound—Tory Channel—Native Pa ..."
2. Four Years in British Columbia and Vancouver Island: An Account of Their by Richard Charles Mayne (1862)
"... and Queen Charlotte Sound. ON the 5th of April \vc left Esquimalt to commence
the summer work, and proceeded to Nanaimo to fill up with coal. ..."
3. Adventure Guide to the Inside Passage and Coastal Alaska by Lynn Readicker-Henderson (2002)
"But travel through Queen Charlotte Sound is rarely worth worrying about. ...
There are three lighthouses in Queen Charlotte Sound. ..."
4. New Zealand Official Yearbook by New Zealand Dept. of Statistics (1899)
"Queen Charlotte Sound is the next in length, being twenty-eight miles from ...
The shore-line of Queen Charlotte Sound and Tory Channel is over 200 mile* in ..."
5. The Cruise of Her Majesty's Ship "Challenger." Voyages Over Many Seas by William James Joseph Spry (1877)
"... in Port Hardy and Queen Charlotte Sound—Man washed overboard and drowned—Sight
Palliser Heads—Anchor off Wellington—Port Nicholson. ..."
6. The Cruise of Her Majesty's Ship "Challenger.": Voyages Over Many Seas by William James Joseph Spry (1877)
"... for shelter in Port Hardy and Queen Charlotte Sound—Man washed overboard and
drowned—Sight Palliser Heads—Anchor off Wellington—Port Nicholson. ..."
7. Inside Passage & Coastal Alaska by Lynn Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"There are three lighthouses in Queen Charlotte Sound. Egg Island Lighthouse,
built in 1898, still shines to warn mariners in a 16-mile radius. ..."
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