Hecate Strait

Water type: Bay
Connection to the ocean: Pacific Ocean
Continent:
North America
Climate:
Temperate
Country:
Canada
Perciformes - Perches
Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Siluriformes - Catfishes
Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Gadiformes - Cods
Zeiformes - Dories
Spariformes - Breams and porgies
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Carangiformes - Jacks
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Labriformes - Wrasses
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Istiophoriformes - Barracudas
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Albuliformes - Bonefishes
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Trachichthyiformes - Rughies
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Atheriniformes - Silversides
Osmeriformes - Smelts
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
Callionymiformes - Dragonets
Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Heterodontiformes - Bullhead and horn sharks
Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras
Pristiophoriformes - Saw sharks
Echinorhiniformes - Bramble sharks
Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes
Rajiformes - Skates and rays
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Torpediniformes - Electric rays
Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers
Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays
Alepocephaliformes - Slickheads and tubeshoulders
Ateleopodiformes - Jellynose fishes
Polymixiiformes - Beardfishes
Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes
Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels
Squatiniformes - Angelsharks
Perciformes - Perches
Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Siluriformes - Catfishes
Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Gadiformes - Cods
Zeiformes - Dories
Spariformes - Breams and porgies
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Carangiformes - Jacks
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Labriformes - Wrasses
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Istiophoriformes - Barracudas
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Albuliformes - Bonefishes
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Trachichthyiformes - Rughies
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Atheriniformes - Silversides
Osmeriformes - Smelts
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
Callionymiformes - Dragonets
Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Heterodontiformes - Bullhead and horn sharks
Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras
Pristiophoriformes - Saw sharks
Echinorhiniformes - Bramble sharks
Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes
Rajiformes - Skates and rays
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Torpediniformes - Electric rays
Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers
Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays
Alepocephaliformes - Slickheads and tubeshoulders
Ateleopodiformes - Jellynose fishes
Polymixiiformes - Beardfishes
Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes
Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels
Squatiniformes - Angelsharks
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.