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Definition of Strait of Georgia
1. Noun. The strait separating Vancouver Island from the Canadian mainland.
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
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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