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View of Skidegate Inlet from the east
Skidegate Inlet Location in British Columbia
Location	Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada
Coordinates	53°14′19″N 132°01′33″W / 53.23861°N 132.02583°W / 53.23861; -132.02583
Type	Inlet
Ocean/sea sources	Pacific Ocean
Settlements	Queen Charlotte, Skidegate

Skidegate Inlet is a broad inlet on the east coast of the Haida Gwaii archipelago of the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada. It is the easternmost of a series of waterways separating Graham Island to the north from Moresby Island to the south.

Name origin

The name is derived from that of the village, which gets its name from one of the hereditary chiefs there, Chief Skidegate, whose chiefly name means "red paint stone".

Geography

Skidegate Inlet is a located between Graham Island to the north, Skidegate Channel to the southwest, Hecate Strait to the east, and Moresby Island to the south.

The city of Queen Charlotte and community of Skidegate are located on its northern shore on Graham Island.