Canadian Internal Waters is a Canadian legal term of art that refers to "...the waters on the landward side of the baselines of the territorial sea of Canada,...".^[1] These waters may include such bodies of water as the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Strait of Georgia, Queen Charlotte Sound, Hecate Strait, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, the Bay of Fundy and the Northwest Passage.^{[1] [2]} The legal status of the Northwest Passage (a name no longer used by the Canadian military) is disputed, as while Canada considers it to be part of its territorial waters, the United States considers it to be international waters. Technical terminology is the specialised vocabulary of a profession or of some other activity to which a group of people dedicate significant parts of their lives (for instance, hobbies or a particular segment of industry). ... The Strait of Juan de Fuca separates Vancouver Island of British Columbia from the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state. ... Strait of Georgia at sunset The Strait of Georgia (also known as Georgia Strait and the Gulf of Georgia) is a 240 km (150 mi)-long strait between Vancouver Island (as well as its nearby Gulf Islands) and the mainland Pacific coast of British Columbia, Canada. ... Queen Charlotte Sound is a bay of the Pacific Ocean in British Columbia, Canada, between Vancouver Island in the south and the Queen Charlotte Islands in the north. ... Islands and major straits of the northern Pacific Northwest Coast The Hecate Strait or Strait of Hecate (Haida: Seegaay) is a wide but relatively shallow body of water separating the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii) from the mainland of British Columbia in Canada. ... Bathymetry of the Gulf, with the Laurentian Channel visible Gulf of Saint Lawrence (French: golfe du Saint-Laurent), the worlds largest estuary, is the outlet of North Americas Great Lakes via the Saint Lawrence River into the Atlantic Ocean. ... The Bay of Fundy (French: ) is a bay located on the Atlantic coast of North America, on the northeast end of the Gulf of Maine between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, with a small portion touching the U.S. state of Maine. ... Popular Northwest Passage routes through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago This article describes the route through the Canadian Arctic. ... Map of Sealand and the United Kingdom, with territorial water claims of 3nm and 12nm shown. ... The terms international waters or transboundary waters apply where any of the following types of bodies of water (or their drainage basins) transcend international boundaries: oceans, large marine ecosystems, enclosed or semi-enclosed regional seas and estuaries, rivers, lakes, groundwater systems (aquifers), and wetlands [1]. Oceans and seas, waters outside...

References

1. ^ ^{a b} TP 14202 E Interpretation - Transport Canada
2. ^ Northwest Passage gets political name change - Ottawa Citizen

Transport Canada is the department within the government of Canada which is responsible for developing regulations, policies and services of transportation in Canada. ...

External links

• Oceans Act PART I: CANADA’S MARITIME ZONES Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone Section 4
• Oceans Act PART I: CANADA’S MARITIME ZONES Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone Section 5