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unusual facts about Fuca


Fuca

Juan de Fuca (1536 - 1602), a Greek maritime pilot in the service of the Spanish king Philip II


British Columbia Highway 14

An east-west highway on the southwestern coast of Vancouver Island in the Capital Regional District, it is sometimes known as the Juan de Fuca Highway, as well as Sooke Road, Sooke being one of the largest communities that the highway passes through.

Port Discovery

Port Discovery, Washington – George Vancouver's landing point on the Strait of Juan de Fuca

Strait of Juan de Fuca

Some scenes from the movie The Hunt for Red October were filmed in the Strait of Juan de Fuca in 1989.

In October 2009, the Washington state Board of Geographic Names approved the Salish Sea toponym, not to replace the names of the Strait of Georgia, Puget Sound, and Strait of Juan de Fuca, but instead as a collective term for all three.

Yuyan

Born in Wangfujing, Beijing, Yuyan was the second son of Pucheng (溥偁) and Jinggui (敬貴), a lady of the Manchu Fuca (富察) clan.


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