Technically a side-inlet of the larger Douglas Channel, the Gardner Canal is still 90 km (56 mi) in length in its own right; total length of the waterways converging on the Douglas Channel is 320 km (200 mi) making it one of the largest fjord-complexes in the world.

[14] The Gardner Canal is the location of the Kemano Generating Station of the Nechako Diversion, which was built to supply power for an Alcan aluminum smelter in Kitimat.

The generating station is located about halfway along the canal on its north bank, at the mouth of the Kemano River.

At the head of the Gardner Canal is the mouth of the Kitlope River a major wildlife and wilderness preserve, the Kitlope Heritage Conservancy, an area of outstanding natural beauty and harsh weather.

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