Proper noun
Strait of Juan de Fuca
(US) A strait that runs between the southern end of Vancouver Island and the Olympic Peninsula.
A further dispute about the line of the border through the island in the Strait of Juan de Fuca resulted in another almost bloodless standoff in the Pig War of 1859. Source: Internet
In 1778, although the Victoria area of the Strait of Juan de Fuca was not penetrated until 1790, Spanish sailors visited Esquimalt Harbour (just west of Victoria proper) in 1790, 1791, and 1792. Source: Internet
Puget Sound is the narrower waters south of the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Source: Internet
The 1846 Oregon Treaty established the 49th parallel as the boundary between Canada and the U.S. west to the middle of the Strait of Georgia, and then by the main channel south to the Strait of Juan de Fuca and from there westwards to the open ocean. Source: Internet
The Nooksack empties into Bellingham Bay, the Dungeness and Elwha into the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Source: Internet
The Strait of Juan de Fuca is the wide waterway stretching from the Pacific Ocean on the west to the San Juan Islands on the east, with Vancouver Island to the north and the Olympic Peninsula to the south. Source: Internet