Straits of Juan de Fuca

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Straits of Juan de Fuca

  1. Alternative form of Strait of Juan de Fuca
    • [1923 [1792 April 29], Menzies' Journal of Vancouver's Voyage, April to October, 1792[1], →OCLC, page 15:
      As soon as the Boat was hoisted in we made sail & pursued our course along shore till about noon when we enterd the famous Streights of Juan de Fuca.]
    • 2020 May 20, “Coast Guard offloads $37 million of cocaine in San Diego”, in United States Southern Command[2], archived from the original on 21 March 2022:
      Active is a 210-foot medium-endurance cutter commissioned in 1966 and homeported in Port Angeles, Washington. Active’s crew routinely operate from the Straits of Juan de Fuca down to the waters off Central America.