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It joins the Dixon Entrance in Alaska to the north and and Queen Charlotte sound to the south. It is 267 km (160 miles) long, and 64 - 129 km (40 - 80 miles) wide. The strait contains salmon and halibut fisheries.
Hecate Strait is part of the Inside Passage.
British Columbia geography Straits