Douglas Channel
Water type: Bay
Connection to the ocean: Pacific Ocean
Continent:
North America
Climate:
Temperate
Country:
Canada
Largest tributaries
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Perciformes - Perches
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Carangiformes - Jacks
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark
Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras
Spariformes - Breams and porgies
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Gadiformes - Cods
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Echinorhiniformes - Bramble sharks
Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels
Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers
Alepocephaliformes - Slickheads and tubeshoulders
Polymixiiformes - Beardfishes
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
Douglas Channel is one of the principal inlets of the British Columbia Coast. Its official length from the head of Kitimat Arm, where the aluminum smelter town of Kitimat to Wright Sound, on the Inside Passage ferry route, is 90 km (56 mi). The actual length of the fjord\’s waterway includes waters between there and the open waters of the Hecate Strait outside the coastal archipelago, comprising another 60 km (37 mi) for 140 km (87 mi)in total.