Editing Hecate Strait (section)

{{Short description|Strait between Haida Gwaii and mainland British Columbia}}
{{Infobox body of water
| name               = Hecate Strait
| native_name        ={{native name|hai|K̲andaliig̲wii}}
| other_name         = {{langx|fr|Détroit d'Hécate}}
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| image              = HecateStrait(PittIsland).JPG
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| caption            = Hecate Strait and [[Pitt Island (Canada)|Pitt Island]]
| image_bathymetry   = Loc-QCS-Hecate-Dixon.png
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| caption_bathymetry = Hecate Strait as delineated by [[BC Geographical Names Information System|BCGNIS]], along with [[Queen Charlotte Sound (Canada)|Queen Charlotte Sound]] and [[Dixon Entrance]]. Red dots indicate capes and points, gray text indicates island names.
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| location           = [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]
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| coordinates        = {{coord|53|11|N|130|50|W|type:waterbody|display =inline,title}}
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| oceans             = [[Pacific Ocean]]
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| length             = {{convert|260|km|abbr=on}}
| width              = {{convert|140|km|abbr=on}}
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| cities             = [[Daajing Giids]], [[Skidegate]], [[Sandspit, British Columbia|Sandspit]], [[Tlell]], [[Kitkatla, British Columbia|Kitkatla]]
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| pushpin_map             = British Columbia
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'''Hecate Strait''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|ɛ|k|ɪ|t}}; [[Haida language]]: ''K̲andaliig̲wii'',<ref>{{Citation  | last= Skidegate Haida Immersion Program | title=A Pocket Guide to the Skidegate Haida Language | edition =forthcoming  <!-- Invalid ISBN | isbn = 978145154458 -->}}</ref> also ''siigaay'' which means simply "ocean")<!--the Tsimshian and other native-language names should be included; Hecate Strait is not purely "Haida teritory"--> is a wide but shallow [[strait]] between [[Haida Gwaii]] and the mainland of [[British Columbia]], Canada. It merges with [[Queen Charlotte Sound (Canada)|Queen Charlotte Sound]] to the south and [[Dixon Entrance]] to the north. About {{convert|140|km|mi}} wide at its southern end, Hecate Strait narrows in the north to about {{convert|48|km|mi}}.<ref name=bcgnis>{{Cite bcgnis|id=38500 |title=Hecate Strait}}</ref> It is about {{convert|260|km|mi}} in length.<ref>[http://www.bartleby.com/69/11/H02311.html Hecate Strait] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080606231824/http://www.bartleby.com/69/11/H02311.html |date=2008-06-06 }}, Columbia Gazetteer of North America</ref>