Inside Passage
a natural sheltered waterway used as a sea route along the U.S.-Canadian coast, extending from Seattle, Washington, to Skagway, Alaska. 950 miles (1,529 km) long.
- Also called Inland Passage .
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How to use Inside Passage in a sentence
We took the Inside Passage between the shore and Race Rocks, a long range of islets on which many a good ship has been wrecked.
Travels in Alaska | John MuirTo partially realize its glories take the Inside Passage trip from Seattle—a thousand miles of calm sea.
The Beauties of the State of Washington | Harry F. GilesThe New York-Boston steamers would keep to the Inside Passage in this gale.
Sheila of Big Wreck Cove | James A. CooperIf I were surer of your—old engines, I'd try the Inside Passage, though the tides run strong.
Thrice Armed | Harold BindlossThe skipper, who was a genuine son of the "Land o' Cakes," concluded to take the Inside Passage, and run through the gulf.
Manuel Pereira | F. C. Adams
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