About Canoe Pass / Pender Island Channel

Canoe Pass / Pender Island Channel is a mixed-bottom corridor in DFO subarea 18-5, running through the waters off Gulf Islands, British Columbia. As a channel, it funnels moving water between land masses, creating the kind of current-driven structure that concentrates activity along its length. Depths here range from roughly 20 to 120 feet, spanning shallow margins and deeper mid-channel troughs. The mid-level exposure keeps the pass moderately sheltered while still subject to the tidal flow that defines a passage of this shape. Its bottom composition varies across the corridor, offering a mix of terrain rather than a single uniform seafloor.