Hecate Strait

Water type: Bay
Connection to the ocean: Pacific Ocean
Continent: North America
Climate: Temperate
Country: Canada

Hecate Strait is a wide but shallow strait between Haida Gwaii and the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It merges with Queen Charlotte Sound to the south and Dixon Entrance to the north. About 140 kilometres wide at its southern end, Hecate Strait narrows in the north to about 48 kilometres. It is about 260 kilometres in length.