# Tribune Channel

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'''Tribune Channel''' is a [channel](/source/channel_(geography)) or strait on the [Central Coast](/source/British_Columbia_Coast) of [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), Canada, separating the north and east sides of [Gilford Island](/source/Gilford_Island) from the mainland.<ref>[http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/24872.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Tribune Channel"]</ref> The channel bends around the island's east side, with the mouth of [Thompson Sound](/source/Thompson_Sound_(British_Columbia)) at the elbow of the bend, opening eastwards to the mouth of the [Kakweiken River](/source/Kakweiken_River).

At its southern end, it opens onto lower [Knight Inlet](/source/Knight_Inlet). [Viscount Island](/source/Viscount_Island) lies in the left side of the channel within that opening, separated from the adjacent mainland by '''Sergeaunt Channel''' at {{coord|50|41|04|N|126|11|39|W|display=inline|source:BCNames|name=Sergeaunt Channel}},<ref>[http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/23733.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Sergeaunt Channel"]</ref> at the northeast end of which, on Tribune Channel, is '''Pumish Point''' at {{coord|50|42|59|N|126|11|20|W|display=inline|source:BCNames|name=Pumish Point}}<ref>[http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/27236.html BC names/GeoBC entry "Pumish Point"]</ref>  At the south end of Sergeaunt Channel, on Knight Inlet, is '''Steep Head''' at {{coord|50|40|11|N|126|11|02|W|display=inline|source:BCNames|name=Steep Head}}.<ref>[http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/24479.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Steep Head"]</ref>

On the west side of Viscount Island is '''Nickoll Passage''' at {{coord|50|40|44|N|126|14|29|W|display=inline|source:BCNames|name=Nickoll Passage}}.<ref>[http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/24120.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Nickoll Passage"]</ref>

A beach on the south side of the channel at {{coord|50|43|40|N|126|09|00|W|display=inline|source:BCNames|name=tse'lxmedzes}}, south of the opening of Thompson Sound and opposite the southwest coast of Gilford Island and [Kumlah Island](/source/Kumlah_Island), is called ''tse'lxmedzes'' in [Kwak'wala](/source/Kwak'wala), meaning "crabapple trees on beach".<ref>[http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/54828.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "tse'lxmedzes (beach)"]</ref>

Other locations named for {{HMS|Tribune|1853|6}} are:
* [Tribune Bay Provincial Park](/source/Tribune_Bay_Provincial_Park) and bay of the same name, on the east coast of [Hornby Island](/source/Hornby_Island).<ref>[http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/22928.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Tribune Bay Park (provincial park)"]</ref><ref>[http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/22929.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Tribune Bay (bay)"]</ref>
* [Tribune Point](/source/Tribune_Point), on the south side of Gilford Island.<ref>[http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/24871.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Tribune Point"]</ref>
* [Tribune Rock](/source/Tribune_Rock), in the [Queen Charlotte Strait](/source/Queen_Charlotte_Strait) region to the north of [Hurst Island](/source/Hurst_Island).<ref>[http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/24874.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Tribune Rock"]</ref>

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