Portland Canal at Stewart, British Columbia, Canada.

Portland Canal at Stewart, British Columbia, Canada. The Portland Canal is an arm of Portland Inlet, a fjord extending 114 kilometres (71 mi) inland on the British Columbia Coast to Stewart, British Columbia and Hyder, Alaska. The Portland Canal forms part of the border between southeastern Alaska and British Columbia. George Vancouver named Portland Canal in 1793, in honour of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland. The use of the word canal (meaning channel) to name inlets on the BC Coast and Alaska Panhandle is a legacy of Spanish exploration in the 1700s. The placement of the international boundary in the Portland Canal was a major issue during the negotiations over the Alaska Boundary Dispute, which heated up as a result of the Klondike Gold Rush and ended by arbitration in 1903.

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Portland Canal at Stewart, British Columbia, Canada. The Portland Canal is an arm of Portland Inlet, a fjord extending 114 kilometres (71 mi) inland on the British Columbia Coast to Stewart, British Columbia and Hyder, Alaska. The Portland Canal forms part of the border between southeastern Alaska and British Columbia. George Vancouver named Portland Canal in 1793, in honour of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland. The use of the word canal (meaning channel) to name inlets on the BC Coast and Alaska Panhandle is a legacy of Spanish exploration in the 1700s. The placement of the international boundary in the Portland Canal was a major issue during the negotiations over the Alaska Boundary Dispute, which heated up as a result of the Klondike Gold Rush and ended by arbitration in 1903.