Salmon Inlet

{{short description|Fjord in British Columbia}}

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Salmon Inlet,{{Cite cgndb|JAYKO|Salmon Inlet|2020-06-16}} formerly Salmon Arm,{{Cite cgndb|d3c1107fc6cd11d892e2080020a0f4c9|Salmon Inlet (Formerly Salmon Arm)|2020-06-16}} is a fjord branching east from Sechelt Inlet in the British Columbia, Canada.{{BCGNIS|13638|Salmon Inlet}} Its companion, Narrows Inlet, another side-inlet of Sechelt Inlet, lies roughly {{convert|10|km|abbr=on}} north.{{cite web|url=http://www.risingsunkayaks.com/salmon_inlet.html|title=Salmon Inlet, British Columbia, Canada}} Misery and Sechelt Creeks flow freely into the inlet, while the Clowhom River flows in from the artificial Clowhom Lake, formed by a small hydroelectric power development.{{cite web|url=http://www.groundtruthtrekking.org/blog/?p=127|title=Canada learning curve, and the industrial (logged, dammed, farmed) wilds}} The fjord is {{convert|23|km|abbr=on}} long; Clowhom Lake, covering a waterfall on the Clowhom River, stretches a further {{convert|12|km|abbr=on}} to the western base of Mount Tantalus, which is best known from the direction of Squamish and the Cheakamus Canyon stretch of British Columbia Highway 99. Heavily affected by logging and milling operations, the inlet is split almost into two portions by an alluvial fan spreading from the mouth of Sechelt Creek.{{cite web|url=https://www.straight.com/article/at-sechelt-we-took-the-inlet-less-travelled-by|title=Coastlines: At Sechelt, We Took the Inlet Less Traveled By|accessdate=2009-05-01}}