The Sound and the Sea

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The Salish Sea

The Sound and the Sea

From: Paolo Pietropaolo
Length: 00:20:40

In Nov 2009, the United States Board of Geographic Names voted to endorse the name Salish Sea as an official geographic name for the inland waters of the Pacific Northwest. In July 2010, the Canadian Board did the same. This is the story of the Salish Sea. UPDATE: The Sound and the Sea wins Silver Medal for Best Sound at the New York Festivals! Read the full description.

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There's a new name to add to the map of North America: the Salish Sea.

Unless you live on the West Coast, you may not have heard of the Salish Sea - yet.

The Salish Sea refers to all the waters from Olympia, Washington to Campbell River in Canada - the inland waters of the Pacific Northwest, including Puget Sound and the Straits of Georgia and Juan de Fuca.

On Oct 30, the first hurdle was cleared when the State of Washington approved the name.

On Nov 12, the US federal names board voted unanimously to make it official.

In July 2010, Canada also endorsed the name, and it became official for all North American maps.

This new name doesn't mean those old names will go away. The Salish Sea is a collective name...just like the Great Lakes or the Finger Lakes refer to multiple bodies of water.

But why go to all this trouble? All those bodies of water already had names, didn't they?

As freelance documentary producer Paolo Pietropaolo discovered, there's a lot of power in a name.

Here's his documentary, "The Sound and The Sea."