Salish Sea

It's now somewhat official. Linking Canada and the US, off the coasts of Washington State and the Providence of British Columbia is the Salish Sea.

Salish is the collective name of various Native American tribes scattered throughout the coastal lowlands of Puget Sound, the Straits of Juan de Fuca, and the Straits of Georgia.

Names, I believe, resonate locale. While there is some controversy over this name change, I think it speaks to "this neck of the woods." And reflects the fact that boundaries are truly artificial, the waters flow between Canada and the US, between straits and sounds. Salish Sea.