RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES 4 WORLD-CLASS mild climate and sheltered The southern Strait of waters, people can recreate Georgia is world-renowned in this area all year round. as a recreational haven. Offering diving, wildlife COLLABORATION viewing, boating, fishing and The recreational activities more, it hosts local residents that people enjoy here vary and international visitors immensely. Some require alike. With so much activity, high-tech gear while others this is an ideal location need simply a slow pace and to put in place an NMCA observant eyes. To create Reserve that will safeguard maps that incorporated all the beauty of the area and these interests, Parks Canada showcase information about worked with representative the treasures found below associations like sea kayak the waves. guide associations and the Whale Watch Operators Plus, there is so much to Association Northwest. see and do! Folks live and visit here because the shores Because boating and sport and waters have retained fishing are the most popular their natural character uses for the area, there and provide a sense of are several maps on these connection between the land, topics as well as a special the water and oneself. With introduction for each. its easily accessible scenery, INTERESTING The world’s largest octopus grows in these waters. The Giant Pacific Octopus can weigh as much as 60 kgs (132 lbs) with arms stretching to over seven INFO metres (23 feet). Tidal currents here can reach speeds of up to 7.5 knots; the average sea kayaker travels at only 3-4 knots. The turkey vulture got its name because the adult’s bald red head was thought to resemble that of a male Wild Turkey. You can tell them apart from eagles flying above because they tip from side to side as they glide. 31 • PROPOSED SOUTHERN STRAIT OF GEORGIA NATIONAL MARINE CONSERVATION AREA RESERVE ATLAS – CHAPTER 4 • Supplemental Information Article References • http://www.aqua.org/animals_giantpacificoctopus.html • http://www.waterlevels.gc.ca/ • http://vulturesociety.homestead.com/TVFacts.html Map Metadata VISITOR USE SUMMARY Based on data from the following maps: Marine Facilities, Boat Havens, Dive Sites and Wrecks, Recreational Boating Surveys, Sea Kayaking, Marine Wildlife Viewing. This summary map shows the number of overlapping recreational activities in a particular area. Areas of low visitor use have only 1 recreational activity while high use areas have 6 or 7 activities. DIVE SITES AND WRECKS Parks Canada, 2008. Compiled from: PHOTO CREDITS • Agencies – Underwater Archaeology Society of BC Page 31: top left - L. Uunila, top right - C. Robinson, • Consultations – Vancouver Aquarium Dive Weekend bottom left - M. Hiebert, bottom right - Parks Canada January 20-21, 2007 and January 12-13, 2008 / A. George; Page 32: M. Hiebert • Books – Diving and Snorkelling Guide to the Pacific Northwest by Edward Weber 1993, The Vancouver Area Diving Guide by Carl Trepanier 1994, Victoria’s Shore Dives by Inigo Novales Flamarique Michael Hendry and Ted White 1995, Diver’s Guide Vancouver Island South by Greg Dombowsky 1999, 99 Dives by Betty Pratt Johnson 1994 • Web sites – www.telus.net/kerryw/scuba/divesite.htm; http://www.best-scuba-diving-vacations-in-british-columbia.com/ best-dive-sites.html; http://www.shorediving.com/Earth/Canada/ Vancouver_Island/; http://www.victoriadiving.awardspace.com SEA KAYAKING Consultations with Michael Pardy (Sea Kayak Instruction and Leadership Systems), Sea Kayak Guide Alliance of British Columbia, 2006 and Doug Tyrrell (Association of Canadian Sea Kayak Guides), 2007. Only facilities identified during consultations are shown. MARINE WILDLIFE VIEWING Whale Watch Operators Association Northwest, 2007. Area reflects a 1/8 nautical mile distance from shore as described in the Association’s best practices. 32 Proposed Southern Strait of GeorgiaVancouver National Marine Conservation Area Reserve Visitor Use Summary Richmond Gabriola FALSE NARROWS Island DODD NARROWS GABRIOLA PASSAGE METRO PYLADES CHANNEL VANCOUVER ¥ Tsawwassen Valdes Island STRAIT OF GEORGIA S S A P R E I Point Roberts Thetis L R O Island P (U.S.A.) Ladysmith ! STUART CHANNEL Kuper Island Canada - U.S.A. Border Galiano Island TRINCOMALI CHANNEL Chemainus !!! Crofton ! E PA IV SS T C C A A ! P Ganges T A Mayne I S N A N P Island S Prevost A U S M S S A Island W G N PLUMPER SOUND A A E N R S Maple R Saltspring O O ! N W North Tumbo Island Bay S Island C H Pender A N N Island E Saturna L Island ! Duncan Fulford Harbour ! South COWICHAN BAY Russell Island Pender Island P ! R E V O Cowichan Bay S T Moresby L P E A N S N A Portland S Island CH A BOUNDARY PASS TE G LLI E SATE Island S A A N I C H I N L E T Rum Island Sidney! Mill Bay ! S ID N C E O Y C R H D A Sidney O N V N A E L Island C H A N N E L ! Brentwood D'Arcy Bay Island San Juan Island HARO STRAIT (U.S.A.) Low Visitor Use Moderate Visitor Use Moderate to High Visitor Use High Visitor Use VICTORIA Very High Visitor Use Data Source: Parks Canada, 2008. Not for navigation. Summary based on overlapping recreational activities. Produced in the Western and Northern Service Centre, Parks Canada. Includes Marinas, Boat Havens, Dive Sites and 0 5 10 15 Wrecks, Kayaking Launch Sites and Areas, Marine km Wildlife Viewing, and Recreational Boating Surveys. Projection: BC Environment Albers Horizontal Datum: NAD 83 JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT DÉTROIT DE JUAN DE FUCA 33 \ \ Passage \ \ Island Point \ South Islet Atkinson BoulderBelcarra Bay Island Cates Park Four Fathom Proposed Southern Strait of Georgia National Marine Conservation Area Reserve Reef Snake Island Saskatchewan Dive Sites and Wrecks )) Cape Breton Saskatchewan )0 $ Orlebar Point ) $Cape ) Jesse Island Dragon's Lane Breton ) Carlos Island Malaspina Point Law Point Gabriola Bluffs Rivtow Thrasher ) Rock Lion ) ) ) ) Steveston ) )) Channel ) Fishboat Dodd \ Narrows ) Drumberg Park Rogers Reef Gabriola Passage Round ¥ Island Del Norte Miami Robert 0 Porlier Pass Kerr \ 0 Point Grey )) Coon Bay 0) Virago Point ) Alcala Point )) ) Pringle Park ) ) Spotlight Cove Evening Harbour North Galiano ) Madrona Wall Coffin Island Government Wharf ) ) Panther Retreat Cove Escape$0 Reef \ ) Active Pass Galiano Side Georgina Shoals North Reef Matthews Point Helen Point Collision Point ) ) ) Zephyr Vesuvius Bay ) \ )) Russel ) Beach Arbutus Point Enterprise Reef Maple Bay Reef ) John ) Rosenfeld ) ) James Point \ Beddis ) Octopus Point Thieves Bay Beach drift dive Murder Point ) ) ) Beaver Wallace Point Pender Island Cliffs Sansum Point \) Bold Bluff Point Point ) Liberator ) ) ) East Point \MR Cliff Burial Islet Canoe Rock ) ) ) Blunden Islet GB Church ) )) Arbutus ) Gowland Point ) Drummond Bay Island 0 Tilly Point Caves $ Imrie Island Patey Rock Satellite Little ) Joan Rock Channel Group Archane Reef ) ) Islands ) ) ) )) ) Turn Point, 0 0 Plane Lovers Cove ) ) Stuart Island ) Moses Point )\Bits ) 0) Wain Rock \ ) Arbutus Ridge Barge CN Barge ) ) $ Not for navigation. Setchel Point Iroquois ) Cooper Reef ) HMCS MacKenzie Produced in the Western and Northern Service Centre, Parks Canada. Dyer Rocks 0) 0 0 5 10 15 Yarrow Point South Cod Reef km Sidney Pier North Cod Reef ) ) Rubly Island Projection: BC Environment Albers Lord Jim ) Wreck(s) ) Horizontal Datum: NAD 83 Graham's Wall Tanner Rock ) Sidney Pier Reay Island Reuben Tozier Rock Forest Island Tarte Trebla Sidney Spit ) \ ) Park ) shore Henderson Point ) Senanus Island Slugget Point (Tsartlip) Kellet Bluff Willis Point ) Slugget Point (Stelly's Cross Road) ) )) 0 shore - wreck ) Small McCurdy Point Daphne Islet Pox Bay ) ) Tod Inlet ) ) ) boat ) Tod Inlet The White McKenzie Bight Turn Island 0 boat - wreck Lady ) Lime Kiln ) ) Point )) Christmas Point Guinevere Place Reef 0 boat - artificial reef Under Saanich Inlet Power Lines Cranford Road $ Misery Bay Telegraph Cove Lenfesty Point Mount Baker View Road ) unspecified Cadboro Bay Spring Bay Staines Island )) Ten Mile Point ) Baynes Road Spoon Bay ) ) Funnel Cove )) Smuggler's Cove Long Island \ wreck ) )) ) ) Fisgard Island ) ) Fulford Reef Esquimalt Lagoon S.F. Tolmie Fanny Strongtide Island 0 SS Green \ Brinn Rock Data Source: Parks Canada, 2008. Compiled from ) ) ) \) ) ) ) agencies, consultations, guide books and websites. Grafton Road )) Rosalia )0 ) Storm Discovery Island Saxe Point ) ) )))) \ 0 ) King Virtue Rock Fleming Bay Breakwater Royal Bay Barge ) ) \ Chain Islets Macaulay Point Park ) 35 Meter ) Mouat Reef 55 Meter Wreck Albert Head Lagoon ) \ McMicking Point Albert Head Wreck\ McMicking Bay Albert Head (South Side) McNeill Bay (Enterprise Channel) \Diana McNeill Bay (Western Point) \Unknown Brotchie Ledge Harling Point Suprise San Pedro Ross Charles Park \ Ogden Point Breakwater Clover Point San Jose Crescent \ ) \ \ Beechey Head \ Barnard Castle 34 Proposed Southern Strait of GeorgiaVancouver National Marine Conservation Area Reserve Sea Kayaker Preferred Sites and Areas Gabriola Sands Provincial Park Descanso Bay Park Richmond Nanaimo Gabriola FALSE NARROWS Island Stalker Road, Brumberg Park DODD NARROWS GABRIOLA PASSAGE Cedar by the Sea Dock METRO PYLADES CHANNEL VANCOUVER Pirate's Cove Marine Park Tsawwassen Blackberry Point Valdes Island Blue Heron Park STRAIT OF GEORGIA Dionisio ProvincialPark S S A P R E I Point Roberts L Thetis R Transfer Beach O Island P (U.S.A.) Ladysmith STUART CHANNEL Kuper Chivers Point, Wallace Island Island Wallace Island Canada - U.S.A. Border Southey Bay Galiano Chemainus-Kuiper Island Ferry Terminal Southey Point Dock Island TRINCOMALI CHANNEL Chemainus Tent