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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.

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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

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

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 CI 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 Island Montague Harbour Provincial Marine Park Dock

Sturdies Bay Ferry Terminal and Dock

Crofton Crofton Ferry Terminal E PA IV SS

T Ganges Dock C C Campbell Point Park

A A P

Booth Bay Dock T Ganges A Mayne

I S N

N P Island S Prevost A

U S

M S S A

Island W G

N PLUMPER SOUND A

A E

N Winter Cove Marine Park

R S Maple R Saltspring O O

W N North Tumbo Island Bay S Island C H Pender Maple Bay Dock A N Cabbage Island Marine Park N Island E L Saturna Fulford Island Duncan Ruckle Provincial Park Narrows Genoa Bay Dock Harbour Fulford Harbour Dock Beaumont Marine Park South COWICHAN BAY Russell Island Pender Island Poets Cove, Bedwell Harbour Dock

Arbutus Point, Princes Margaret Marine Park, PortlandP Island

R E

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 Swartz Head Deep Cove Dock Dolphin Road Docks Tsehum Point Marina Ilse de Lis Marine Park Roberts Bay

S A A N I C H I N L E T Sidney Rum Island Sidney, Beacon Avenue Dock Mill Bay Pat Bay Dock Sidney Spit Marine Park S ID N C E O Y C R H Mill Bay Ferry Terminal D A Sidney O N V N A E L Island C H A N N E L Islandview Beach Brentwood Bay Ferry Terminal Brentwood D'Arcy Island Marine Park D'Arcy Bay Island San Juan Island Beach Launch HARO STRAIT (U.S.A.)

Campsite Cordova Bay Ferry Terminal Goldsteam Boathouse Marina

Launch Ramp Telegraph Cove Cadboro Bay Public Dock Cattle Point Marina VICTORIA Oak Bay Marina Discovery Island Marine Park Skills Training Areas McNeill Bay High Intensity Use Corridors

Not for navigation. Data Source: Parks Canada 2007, Consultations Produced in the Western and Northern Service Centre, Parks Canada. with Michael Pardy (Sea Kayak Instruction and 0 5 10 15 Leadership Systems), Sea Kayak Guide Alliance of km

British Columbia, 2006 and Doug Tyrrell Projection: BC Environment Albers (Association of Canadian Sea Kayak Guides). Horizontal Datum: NAD 83

JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT

35 Proposed Southern Strait of GeorgiaVancouver National Marine Conservation Area Reserve Marine Wildlife Viewing

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 L Thetis 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 T

Ganges A Mayne

I S N

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 L Saturna Island ! Duncan Fulford Harbour ! South

COWICHAN BAY Russell Island Pender Island P

! R E

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.)

VICTORIA

Areas of importance to whale whatch operators Not for navigation. Produced in the Western and Northern Service Centre, Parks Canada.

0 5 10 15 km

Data Source: Whale Watch Operators Association, 2007. Projection: BC Environment Albers Horizontal Datum: NAD 83

JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT

36 • PROPOSED SOUTHERN STRAIT OF GEORGIA NATIONAL MARINE CONSERVATION AREA RESERVE ATLAS – CHAPTER 4 •

boating* 4a.

POWER OR SAIL that although there are indeed Boating around the southern some preferred locations, Strait of Georgia offers many boating takes place in almost wonderful experiences... every part of the southern Strait the calm, reflective waters of of Georgia. Tod Inlet, the steady winds of Trincomali Channel and CHARACTERISTICS the snug anchors in Bedwell The area as a whole is in the rain Harbour to name a few. shadow of Vancouver Island so Knowing where boaters it gets 247 days of sunshine and frequently travel, what facilities less than 20 cm of rain per year. *Recreational boating actually includes three sectors: they use and considering their power boating, sail boating, and human powered Sailing or motoring amongst boating (kayaks, canoes, rowboats). These maps only safety needs are important to and around the islands and 200+ consider sail and power boating because the third the planning for the proposed islets, boaters see distant snow- type was already covered on the Sea Kayaking map. NMCA Reserve. capped mountains, endangered Garry Oak ecosystems, RESEARCH indigenous Arbutus trees and Parks Canada worked with more. Plus, if boaters get tired University of Victoria graduate of being on the water they are student, Darcy Gray, in order to surrounded by restaurants, capture current research into wineries, historical sites and boating use in the region. As a numerous other interesting part of obtaining his Masters land-based activities. Degree in Geography, Mr. Gray undertook a study of power and OUR ROLE sail boat use patterns. During With so much interest in and June, July and August 2007, use of the area, the challenge Mr Gray went to ten locations facing Parks Canada, the around the study area and Province of British Columbia spoke with over 500 boaters. and the boating community is He gathered information on the to make sure that in 20, 50 or routes they had traveled and the 100 years this boater’s paradise places they frequently visited. remains as wonderful as it is His results were digitized into now. Establishing the area as a the maps that are found in this NMCA Reserve is one part of Atlas and clearly demonstrate achieving that goal.

INTERESTING Rum Island, near Sidney, is indicative of the rum-running history of the 1920s where less than 1.6 kilometres (1 mile) from the border, Canadians used their vessels to INFO supply the Americans under prohibition.

Active Pass was initially called Plumper Pass until the captain of the HMS Plumper recognized that the USS Active had successfully navigated the passage before him in 1855.

According to Northern Maritime Research, the Strait of Georgia is considered a shipwreck “hotspot.”

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Supplemental Information

Article References • http://www.elp.gov.bc.ca/bcgn-bin/bcg10?name=160 • http://www.britishcolumbia.com/parks/?id=439 • http://www.northernmaritimeresearch.com/

Map Metadata RECREATIONAL BOATING • All maps: University of Victoria, Department of Geography, graduate student Darcy Gray, June-August 2007. A total of 522 surveys were conducted where respondents plotted their current route and preferred destinations on a blank map. Data were traced into a computer and summarised using a 250 metre cell size. • Survey locations (numbers of surveys collected in parentheses) – Sidney Spit (115); Montague Harbour (90); Beaumont (113); Reef Harbour (37); Princess Bay (54); Royal Cove (26); James Bay (16); Annette Inlet (38); Selby Cove (9); Glenthorne Passage (24). PHOTO CREDITS Page 37: top - Parks Canada, bottom - Parks Canada/ MARINAS AND DOCKS A. Buckley; Page 38: Parks Canada / Bill Henwood Parks Canada, 2008. Compiled from: Canadian Hydrographic Service, Canadian Coast Guard, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Transport Canada, ministries of the Province of British Columbia, published sources (Pacific Yachting, PacWest Sailing Guide, Docks and Destinations), assorted web sites, chambers of commerce, individual marinas and telephone correspondence.

BOAT HAVENS 1996 catalogue of boat havens as proposed by the Council of BC Yacht Clubs and digitized by the Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Forests and Range, Integrated Land Management Bureau.

PUMP OUTS AND NO DISCHARGE AREAS • Pacific Yachting Boaters Blue Pages, 2008 and Georgia Strait Alliance Green Boating Guide, 2008: pump outs. • Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Environment, 1991: no discharge zones.

38 Proposed Southern Strait of Georgia National Marine Conservation Area Reserve Vancouver Vancouver Recreational Boating

! Nanaimo ! Nanaimo Gabriola Richmond FALSE NARRO Island Gabriola Richmond WS FALSE NAR ROWS Island DODD NARROWS GAB RIOLA PASSAGE DODD NARROWS PYLADES CHANNEL GABRIOLA PASSAGE

PYLADES CHANNEL

Valdes Tsawwassen Island Valdes Tsawwassen Island

STRAIT OF GEORGIA

S S STRAIT OF GEORGIA A P R S E S I A Thetis L P R R O E Thetis I Island P L R Ladysmith Point Roberts O ! Island P Ladysmith Point Roberts STUART CHANNEL (U.S.A.) ! STUART CHANNEL (U.S.A.) Kuper Kuper Island Island Galiano Canada - U.S.A. Border Galiano !!! Island Canada - U.S.A. Border Chemainus TRINCOMALI CHANNEL !!! Island Chemainus TRINCOMALI CHANNEL ¥ Crofton ! Crofton E PA ! IV SS

C T C

! A A VE PA P

I SS Ganges T

C T A

A A C ! I N

N Mayne A P

S Ganges T

S U A A A Prevost M I Island

N N Mayne S S S

N P

U A Island S A A M Prevost G

Island W S Maple R E R S A PLUMPER SOUND N O

A Saltspring N

Island S ! A W

G S

R W

Bay O

Maple E S R A

PLUMPER SOUND Island N O ! Saltspring N North

W S

C Bay O S H Tumbo Island N Pender Island North A

N H Tumbo Island Pender E Island A L N ! N Duncan Saturna E Island Fulford ! L Saturna Island Duncan Fulford Harbour Island ! Harbour ! COWICHAN BAY South Russell Island COWICHAN BAY South ! Pender Island

Russell Island P Pender Island R

! Cowichan Bay E

V P

O R

Cowichan Bay E

T V

O Moresby L P E A S N N S T A Portland Moresby CH S Island L P E A E A LIT N SATEL G AN Portland S Island E BOUNDARY PASS CH S Island TE A LLI G SATE Island E BOUNDARY PASS

S A A H N C I

N I L T E

S A A H N C I N I L T E Sidney Rum Island ! ! Sidney Rum Island Mill Bay ! Sailboats Summer 2007 Mill Bay ! Motor Boats Summer 2007

(total number of routes 249) S (total number of routes 270) I D N C E O Y SI R C D D H C N A Sidney O E N O Y V N R C A E H D C L Island A Sidney O N H V N A A E N 0 routes C L Island 0 routes N H E A L N N E ! L ! Brentwood 1-10 routes Brentwood 1-10 routes Bay D'Arcy Bay D'Arcy Island Island San Juan Island San Juan HARO STRAIT 11-25 routes Island 11-25 routes (U.S.A.) HARO STRAIT (U.S.A.)

26-50 routes 26-50 routes

51-100 routes 51-100 routes

VICTORIA >100 routes VICTORIA > 100 routes

JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT

Vancouver Vancouver

Mark Bay / Newcastle

! Nanaimo Nanaimo Gabriola Richmond FALSE NAR Silva Bay ROWS Island

DODD NARROWS GABRIOLA PASSAGE Dengen Bay

PYLADES CHANNEL Kendrick Island Pirate's Cove Herring Bay / Ruxton Island

Valdes Tsawwassen Island North Cove

STRAIT OF GEORGIA

S S A Ladysmith P R Thetis IE Dionisio Point L R O Island P Ladysmith ! Point Roberts (U.S.A.) STUART CHANNEL Clam Bay Telegraph Harbour Kuper Wallace Island Island Montague Harbour Galiano Chemainus Canada - U.S.A. Border !!! Island Chemainus TRINCOMALI CHANNEL Gossip Island Tent Island Long Harbour

Crofton James Bay Horton Bay ! Ganges Harbour Selby Cove E PA

IV SS Irish Bay C T C

! A Annette Inlet

Ganges T

S A

N Glenthorne Winter Cove N Mayne

P U

A Prevost M Island S S Passage N

A Island S

A G W Scott Point Lyall Harbour Maple R E R A PLUMPER SOUND O

! Saltspring N Maple Bay

S Bay O S

Island N North Burgoyne

C H Tumbo Island Reef Harbour A Pender N Bay N Otter Bay E Island ! L Saturna Duncan Fulford Genoa Bay Island Boot Harbour Fulford Port Browning ! Cowichan Bay Harbour Cove Sucia Island COWICHAN BAY South Russell Island

! Pender Island Narvaez Bay P

R Russell Island

Cowichan Bay E V

O Musgrave Landing

S T Moresby EL P N A AN Portland S S Portland Island CH Island E A LIT G SAT EL Bedwell/Beaumont/Port's Cove Island E BOUNDARY PASS Frequent Destinations

Number of respondents Greater Sidney Stuart Island

S A A H N C I N I L T E indicating location as a Sidney Rum Island All Recreational Vessels ! Mill Bay ! frequently visited location Rum Island Summer 2007

S (total number of routes 519) ID Roche Harbor N C E O Y R C Sidney Spit D H A Sidney O 1 - 4 N V N A E C L Island H Brentwood Bay A N N E 0 routes L ! 5 - 9 Tod Inlet Brentwood Bay D'Arcy Friday Harbor 1-10 routes Island San Juan 10 - 19 D'Arcy Islands Island HARO STRAIT (U.S.A.) 11-25 routes 20 - 29 Legend 26-50 routes 30 - 99 Chatham Islands 51-100 routes Data Source: Text VICTORIA Victoria 100 - 159 > 100 routes Not for navigation. Produced in the Western and Northern Service Centre, Parks Canada. Discovery 0 Island5 10 15 km

JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT Projection: BC Environment Albers Data Source: Darcy Gray and Rosaline Canessa, Department of Geography, University of Victoria, 2007. Routes per 250 square metreHorizontal cell. Datum: NAD 83

39 ! ! ! ! FalseBlue Pacific Creek YachtPublic ChartersDock Proposed Southern Strait of Georgia National Marine Conservation Area Reserve Marinas and Docks MacDonald Beach Launching Ramp ! Richmond Chevron PetroCan . out-of-businessGreat Canadian Marina, Bridge Point Marina Port North Fraser! ! Duke Point Ferry !! ! Silva Bay Boatel Gabriola Ferry !! ! ! !! Silva Bay Resort and Marina ! Shannon Bouys Boatyard Shelter Island Marina ! ! Airport Yacht Club Floatville Page's Resort and Marina ! ! Highwater Marina ! Richmond Yacht Club RiversHighwater Bend Marina Marina!!! Sea Cadets !

! ! ! UBC Rowing ! Royal Vancouver Yacht Club, Tugboat Island Deas Island Regional Park ! ! River House Marina, Deas Harbour

! BC Ferries, Maintenance Basin !! ! Captain's Cove Marina

! ! ! Steveston Harbour, Gulf of Georgia ! ! Degnen Bay Harbour Authority ! ! Steveston Chevron Marine !

! West Vancouver Yacht Club, Kendrick Island Steveston Harbour, Paramount Ladner/Delta Public Docks (DFO) ! Ladner Reach Marina ! ! ! !! ¥ Yamanaka Boatworks Marina Wes.Del Heron's Nest Marina Inn Of The Sea Resort Canoe Pass Floating Village Yellow Point Lodge Rivers Reach ! private marina

! Canoe Pass Inn Page Point Inn

Ladysmith Yacht Club Tswassen Ferry ! Ladysmith Marina North Galiano Public Wharf (DFO) ! Ladysmith Fishermans Wharf ! ! Ladysmith Maritime Society

! ! Ladysmith Public Wharf (TC) ! Seattle Yacht Club ! ! Telegraph Harbour Marina ! ! !! Thetis Island Ferry ! Thetis Island Public Wharf (TC) ! ! Thetis Island Marina and Pub Point Roberts Marina Resort

! Kuper Island.Chemainus Ferry Kuper Island Public Wharf (TC)Retreat Cove Public Dock Seaview Marina and Motel ! Conover Cove !

!! Fernwood Public Wharf (TC) Montague Harbour Marine Park Wharf Chemainus Public Wharf (TC) ! Montague Harbour Public Wharf (TC) Chemainus.Kuper Island Ferry Montague Harbour Marina Whaler Bay Vesuvius Landing ! !! Sturdies Bay Ferry Vesuvius Bay Ferry ! Sturdies Bay Public Wharf (TC) Crofton Ferry Harbour's End Marine ! ! !! Crofton Public Wharf (DFO) ! Saltspring Marina Twin Gables Motel Village Bay Ferry Saltspring Island Harbour Authority Miner's Bay Public Wharf (TC) ! !! Ganges Marina ! private marina ! ! Coast Guard Station Pumpout !! ! ! ! ! Ganges Boat Harbour (DFO) ! Long Harbour Ferry! Ganges Public Wharf (TC) ! Horton Bay Public Wharf (DFO) Vancouver Yacht Club, Long Harbour Hope Bay Public Wharf Saltspring Island Sailing Club ! Port Washington Lyall Harbour Ferry Otter Bay Ferry Saturna Point Landing Store and Fuel Dock Maple Bay Public Wharf (DFO) ! Lyall Harbour Wharf and Floats (DFO) ! Otter Bay Marina ! Birds Eye Cove Marina ! ! ! Cove Yachts ! Fulford Harbour Marina !! Roamer's Landing Cove Marina ! ! Fulford Harbour Ferry Port Browning Marina Resort Maple Bay Marina And Shipyard Fulford Harbour Public Wharf (DFO) ! Browning Harbour Public Wharf (DFO) private dock Fulford Harbour Public Wharf (TC) ! !

!! Burgoyne Bay Wharf (DFO) !!! Poets Cove Marina at Bedwell Harbour ! Bedwell Harbour Public Wharf (DFO)

! Musgrave Public Wharf (DFO) !

! Genoa Bay Public Dock ! unknown Genoa Bay Marine Wilcuma Lodge Thieves Bay Marina !!!!!!!!

! Piers Island Public Dock ! Cherry Point Marina Bluenose Marina Dungeness Marina Beachcomber Marina Swartz Bay Ferry Pier 66 Marina Westport Marina Swartz Bay Public Wharf (TC) Anchor Marina Canoe Cove Marina Victoria Yacht Club, Tsehum Harbour ! Stuart Island State Park Pumpout Masthead Restaurant andCowichan Crawdad Shipyard Deck Cedar Grove Marina ! North Saanich Marina, Bluehand Basin ! Cowichan Bay Fishermens Wharf ! ! North Saanich Marina, Blue Heron Basin !! ! ! ! Oceanfront Grand Resort and Marina Sidney North Saanich Yacht Club ! Philbrooks Boat Yard ! Capital City Yacht Club ! ! !!!! Van Isle Marina and Yacht Sales Charthouse Marina ! Marina Park Marina !! The Boat Yard Bosun's Landing Tsehum Habour (Shoal Harbour) Public WharfGartside's (DFO) ! ! ! Mill Bay Marina ! Henshaw's ! Sidney Spit Marine Park

Mill Bay Public Dock Pocket Bay Marina ! Cayou Quay Marina ! Deer Harbor Resort and Marina ! Port of Sidney Sidney Public Wharf (DFO) Sidney International Ferry ! Roche Harbor Marina Saanichton Public Wharf (TC) ! Snug Harbor Portside Marina Compass Rose Cabins And Marina Brentwood Bay Marina Lodge and Spa Mill Bay.Brentwood Bay Ferry ! !! Rhode's Sportfishing Service ! ! ! Brentwood Bay Public Dock Anglers Anchorage Marina

Port of Friday Harbor Marina !

Shipyard Cove ! !

Goldstream Boathouse ! Sailor's Cove Marina Hidden Harbour Marine Centre Westbay Marine Village and RV Park Cadboro Bay Sailing Association ! Royal Victoria Yacht Club CFB Esquimalt, Work Point Boat Club ! Victoria, Johnston Street Port of Victoria . Wharf Street Floats Canadian Forces Sailing Association ! Victoria, Broughton Street

! ! !! Victoria Marine! Adventure Centre ! ! ! !! ! ! ! ! Oak Bay Marina HMCS Malahat Dock fuel dock ! Marinas, Docks and Other Facilities Sunny Shores Resort and Marina Coast Guard Floats Port of Victoria . Fisherman's Wharf Not for navigation. Sooke Marine Industries ! Coast Harbourside Hotel and Marina Produced in the Western and Northern Service Centre, Parks Canada. ! Sooke Public Docks Victoria, Belleville Street Ferry Data Source: Parks Canada, 2008. Compiled from 0 5 10 15 Sooke Harbour Marina Port of Victoria Empress (Causeway) Floats km ! federal, provincial and state agencies,! trade publications, guidebooks and web resources. Projection: BC Environment Albers Pedder Bay Marina and Trailer Park Horizontal Datum: NAD 83 !

40 Proposed Southern Strait of GeorgiaVancouver National Marine Conservation Area Reserve Boat Havens

Wakes Cove Richmond

Gabriola

FALSE NARROWS Island

DODD NARROWS GABRIOLA PASSAGE METRO PYLADES CHANNEL VANCOUVER ¥

Clam Bay Tsawwassen Valdes Island Secretary Island

STRAIT OF GEORGIA

S S A P R Retreat Cove E I Point Roberts L Thetis 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 T

Ganges A Mayne

I S N

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 L Saturna Musgrave Landing Island ! Duncan Fulford Harbour ! South

COWICHAN BAY Russell Island Pender Island P

! R E

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 Tod Inlet 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.)

VICTORIA

Boat Havens

Not for navigation. Data Source: Province of British Columbia, Produced in the Western and Northern Service Centre, Parks Canada. 0 5 10 15 Integrated Land Management Bureau, 1996. km Catalogue of boat havens as proposed by the Projection: BC Environment Albers Council of BC Yacht Clubs Horizontal Datum: NAD 83

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41 ^"^"^"

Proposed Southern Strait of GeorgiaVancouver National Marine Conservation Area Reserve Pump Outs and No Discharge Areas

Pilot Bay Shelter Island Marina^" ^" ^"! Richmond Nanaimo Gabriola

FALSE NARROWS Island

DODD NARROWS GABRIOLA PASSAGE METRO PYLADES CHANNEL VANCOUVER ¥

Tsawwassen Valdes Ladysmith Island Fishermans Wharf STRAIT OF GEORGIA

S S A P R E I Point Roberts L Thetis R

O ^" Island P (U.S.A.)^" Ladysmith ! STUART CHANNEL

Kuper Point Roberts Island Marina Resort Canada - U.S.A. Border Galiano Island TRINCOMALI CHANNEL Chemainus !!! Pumpty Dumpty 2 ^" Saltspring Island Harbour Authority Crofton Montague ! E PA IV SS T

Harbour C C

A A

! P

^" T

Ganges A Mayne

I S N

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 L Saturna Island ! Duncan Fulford Harbour ! Dungeness South

Marina COWICHAN BAY Russell Island Pender Island P

! R ^" E

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 Van Isle Tsehum Habour Marina and (Shoal Harbour) Mill Bay Yacht Sales Public Wharf (DFO) Marina ^"^"

S A A N I C H I N L E T Deer Harbor Sidney Rum Island !^" Resort and ! Marina Mill Bay> Port of Roche Sidney S I Harbor ^" D N C E O Y C Marina R H D A Sidney O N " N ^ V A E L Island C H A N Brentwood Bay Marina N E Lodge and Spa L ! ^"Brentwood ^"Bay D'Arcy Island San Juan Anglers Island Anchorage ^" HARO STRAIT (U.S.A.) Marina Port of Friday Pumpty Dumpty 1 Harbor Marina

> porta potty dump

^" pump-out VICTORIA

designated no discharge area ^"^" Sunny Shores Resort and Port of Victoria . Coast Harbourside Data Source: Pump outs compiledMarina by Parks Fisherman's Wharf Hotel and Marina Canada from a number of sources including Pacific Not for navigation. Yachting Boaters Blue Pages, 2008 and Georgia^" Produced in the Western and Northern Service Centre, Parks Canada.

Strait Alliance Green Boating Guide, 2008. 0 5 10 15 Province of British Columbia, Ministry of km Environment, 1991: no discharge areas. Projection: BC Environment Albers Horizontal Datum: NAD 83

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42 • PROPOSED SOUTHERN STRAIT OF GEORGIA NATIONAL MARINE CONSERVATION AREA RESERVE ATLAS – CHAPTER 4 •

sport fishing 4b.

LOCATION, a number of conservation LOCATION, LOCATION! measures to protect and The Fraser River, with its many facilitate the rebuilding of these tributaries, boasts the largest species. One measure was to salmon run in the world. In establish a comprehensive their journey back from the network of Rockfish open ocean, many salmon travel Conservation Areas (RCA), through the proposed Southern sanctuaries where no hook Strait of Georgia NMCA Reserve and line fishing is permitted. to reach their spawning streams. There are approximately fifteen Like the killer whales and sea RCAs within the proposed lions, anglers are also there Sport fishing is not just limited to searching for NMCA Reserve study area. trying to catch a fish for dinner. salmon. The most popular sport species in the proposed Parks Canada is working with NMCA Reserve study area include: DFO to integrate this fisheries QUANTITY • All five species of Pacific salmon (Chinook, Coho, management tool with the Chum, Pink, Sockeye) It is widely acknowledged broader NMCA goals and that there is less abundance of • Anadromous Cutthroat management strategies. • Halibut the most popular sports fish available today than there was • Lingcod SPORT FISHING only 20 years ago. Recreational • Rockfish fishing enthusiasts, other affected ADVISOR • Greenling marine users, Parks Canada, Parks Canada is also working • Dungeness crabs Fisheries and Oceans Canada closely with a Sport Fishing • Spot prawns (DFO), and the Province of British Advisor who provides a solid

There are also a variety of molluscs, including oysters Columbia are each contributing link between Parks Canada and and clams that are harvested along shorelines. in their own way to sustaining the sport fishing community. and rebuilding stocks. Christopher Bos has extensive knowledge of the local fishing One such resource is the Yelloweye Rockfish. Also known waters and is very active in as Red Snapper (on menus), this the southern Vancouver Island fish can live to be 118 years old. sport fishing community. Because of its long life, and the The hope of all parties involved fact that it does not produce in this work is that there will young until it is 17 years of always be fish and shellfish for age, it is highly susceptible to harvesting. Learning from each decline. Often caught in error, it other to devise innovative and rarely survives catch and release. coordinated practices is critical ROCKFISH to ensuring that when friends CONSERVATION AREAS head out to fish, they can still come home with dinner. In response to the steep decline in numbers of the inshore rockfish species, DFO undertook

43 • PROPOSED SOUTHERN STRAIT OF GEORGIA NATIONAL MARINE CONSERVATION AREA RESERVE ATLAS – CHAPTER 4 •

Supplemental Information

Article References http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Map Metadata RECREATIONAL FISHERIES SUMMARY Based on data from the following Sport Fishing maps: Salmon, Groundfish, Shellfish, and Shore. This summary map shows the number of overlapping recreational fishing interests in a particular area.

SPORT FISHING BY TYPE • All maps: Parks Canada, 2008. Groundfish, Salmon and Shellfish by Trap data compiled by Parks Canada contractor during consultations in 2006 with:

• The Amalgamated Conservation Society; Association of Mayne Island Boaters; • BC Wildlife Federation - Region 1 Vancouver Island Chapter; • Esquimalt Anglers Association; Residents of Piers Island; Residents of PHOTO CREDITS Saturna Island; Page 43: C. Bos; Page 44: top left - C. Bos, top right, • Sidney Anglers Association; bottom left and right - Parks Canada / T. Tomascik • Victoria Fish and Game Protective Association; • Sport Fishing Advisory Board local committees ( Cowichan Bay, Cowichan Lake, Crofton, Duncan, Southern Gulf Islands, Ladysmith, Nanaimo, Oak Bay, Saanich Inlet, Sidney, Victoria). • Fly fishing data from British Columbia Federation of Fly Fishers and Shore Fishing data from expert opinion.

• Groundfish map includes halibut and lingcod (although some flounder, sole, rockfish and greenling locations are included). Shellfish By Trap map includes prawn and crab fishing. Salmon map includes all five species of salmon found in BC waters.

• Maps reference current as well as historical sport fishing.

ROCKFISH CONSERVATION AREAS Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Rockfish Conservation Areas effective February 1, 2007.

SANITARY SHELLFISH CLOSURES Environment Canada, Shellfish Water Quality Protection Program, Sanitary shellfish Closures published April 16, 2009. Shellfish closures shown against Land Development Patterns map to demonstrate proximity to coastal developments. Seasonal closures by Fisheries and Oceans Canada for paralytic shellfish poisoning are not shown.

44 Proposed Southern Strait of GeorgiaVancouver National Marine Conservation Area Reserve Recreational Fisheries 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 L Thetis 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 T

Ganges A Mayne

I S N

N P Island S Prevost A

U S

M S S

Island W

N PLUMPER SOUND A

A E N

R S Maple R

Saltspring O O

! W N North Tumbo Island

Bay S Island C H Pender A

N N Island E L Saturna Fulford Island ! Duncan Harbour ! South

COWICHAN BAY Russell Island Pender Island

R ! E

Cowichan Bay S T Moresby

L P E A N S N Island HA Portland S C 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.)

One Recreational Fishery

Two Overlapping Recreational Fisheries VICTORIA Three Overlapping Recreational Fisheries

Four Overlapping Recreational Fisheries

Not for navigation. Data Source: Parks Canada, 2008. Produced in the Western and Northern Service Centre, Parks Canada. Summary based on overlapping recreational fishing 0 5 10 15 activities. Includes information gathered on Sport km

Fishing for Salmon, Groundfish, Shellfish, and Shore. Projection: BC Environment Albers Horizontal Datum: NAD 83

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45 Proposed Southern Strait of Georgia National Marine Conservation Area Reserve Vancouver Vancouver Sport Fishing by Type

! ! Nanaimo Nanaimo Gabriola Richmond Gabriola Richmond FALSE NAR FALSE NAR RO WS Island ROWS Island

DODD NARROWS DODD NARROW GABRI GABRI OLA PASSA OLA PASSA PYL GE PYLADES CHAN GE

ADES CHANNEL S

NEL

Valdes Tsawwassen Valdes Tsawwassen Island Island

STRAIT OF GEORGIA STRAIT OF GEORGIA S S S S A A P P R R E E Thetis I Thetis I L L R R

O O Island P Island P Ladysmith Point Roberts Ladysmith Point Roberts ! ! STUART CHANNEL (U.S.A.) STUART CHANNEL (U.S.A.)

Kuper Kuper Island Island Galiano Galiano Canada - U.S.A. Border Canada - U.S.A. Border Island Island !!! !!! Chemainus TRINCOMALI CHANNEL Chemainus TRINCOMALI CHANNEL ¥

Crofton Crofton ! !

E P E P

IV ASS IV ASS

C C T T

C C A ! A !

A A

P P

T Ganges T Ganges

S S

A A

I I

N N Mayne N N Mayne

S S U P Prevost U P Prevost M A Island M A Island S S S S

N N S

A Island S A Island

A G A G W

R W R

Maple E Maple E

R R A A PLUMPER SOUND PLUMPER SOUND

O O N ! Saltspring N ! Saltspring

W W

S S O

Bay O Bay

S S N Island N North Island North

C C H Pender Tumbo Island H Pender Tumbo Island A A

N N

E Island E Island L L ! Duncan Fulford Saturna ! Duncan Fulford Saturna Harbour Island Harbour Island ! !

COWICHAN BAY South COWICHAN BAY South Russell Island Russell Island

! Pender Island ! Pender Island

P P

R R E Cowichan Bay E Cowichan Bay

V V

O O

S S

T T L Moresby L Moresby E P E P NN A NN A HA Portland S HA Portland S S Island S Island E C E C LLIT A LLIT A SATE G SATE G Island E BOUNDARY PASS Island E BOUNDARY PASS

S AAN I HC S AAN I HC

I N EL T I N EL T Sidney Rum Island Sidney Rum Island Mill Bay ! ! Mill Bay ! !

S S ID ID N N C E C E O Y O Y R C R C D H D H A Sidney A Sidney O O N N V N V N A E A E C L Island C L Island H H A A N N N N E E L L ! ! Brentwood Brentwood Bay D'Arcy Bay D'Arcy Island Island San Juan San Juan Salmon Island Shore Fishing Island HARO STRAIT HARO STRAIT (U.S.A.) (U.S.A.) Beach Fly Fishing

VICTORIA VICTORIA

Victoria Golf Club

Clover Point Parsons Spit

JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT East Sooke

Vancouver Vancouver

! ! Nanaimo Nanaimo Gabriola Richmond Gabriola Richmond FALSE NAR FALSE NAR RO WS Island ROWS Island

DODD NARROWS DODD NARROWS GABRIOLA PASSAGE GABRIOLA PASSAGE

PYLADES CHANNEL PYLADES CHANNEL

Valdes Tsawwassen Valdes Tsawwassen Island Island

STRAIT OF GEORGIA STRAIT OF GEORGIA S S S S A A P P R R E E Thetis I Thetis I L L R R

O O Island P Island P Ladysmith Point Roberts Ladysmith Point Roberts ! ! STUART CHANNEL (U.S.A.) STUART CHANNEL (U.S.A.)

Kuper Kuper Island Island Galiano Galiano Canada - U.S.A. Border Canada - U.S.A. Border Island Island !!! !!! Chemainus TRINCOMALI CHANNEL Chemainus TRINCOMALI CHANNEL

Crofton Crofton ! !

E P E P

IV ASS IV ASS

C C T T

C C A ! A !

A A

P P

T Ganges T Ganges

S S

A A

I I

N N Mayne N N Mayne

S S U P Prevost U P Prevost M A Island M A Island S S S S

N N S

A Island S A Island

A G A G W

R W R

Maple E Maple E

R R A A PLUMPER SOUND PLUMPER SOUND

O O N ! Saltspring N ! Saltspring

W W

S S O

Bay O Bay

S S N Island N North Island North

C C H Pender Tumbo Island H Pender Tumbo Island A A

N N

E Island E Island L L ! Duncan Fulford Saturna ! Duncan Fulford Saturna Harbour Island Harbour Island ! !

COWICHAN BAY South COWICHAN BAY South Russell Island Russell Island

! Pender Island ! Pender Island

P P

R R E Cowichan Bay E Cowichan Bay

V V

O O

S S

T T L Moresby L Moresby E P E P NN A NN A HA Portland S HA Portland S S Island S Island E C E C LLIT A LLIT A SATE G SATE G Island E BOUNDARY PASS Island E BOUNDARY PASS

S AAN I HC S AAN I HC

I N EL T I N EL T Sidney Rum Island Sidney Rum Island Mill Bay ! ! Mill Bay ! !

S S ID ID N N C E C E O Y O Y R C R C D H D H A Sidney A Sidney O O N N V N V N A E A E C L Island C L Island H H A A N N N N E E L L ! ! Brentwood Brentwood Bay D'Arcy Bay D'Arcy Island Island San Juan San Juan Island Island HARO STRAIT HARO STRAIT Groundfish (U.S.A.) Shellfish by Trap (U.S.A.)

VICTORIA VICTORIA

Not for navigation. Produced in the Western and Northern Service Centre, Parks Canada.

0 5 10 15 km

JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT Data Source: Parks Canada, 2008. Compiled by ParksJUAN DE Canada FUCA STRAIT contractor during consultations in 2006 Projection: BC Environment Albers with various sport fishing societies, groups, associations and committees. Horizontal Datum: NAD 83

46 Proposed Southern Strait of GeorgiaVancouver National Marine Conservation Area Reserve Rockfish Conservation Areas

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 L Thetis 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 T

Ganges A Mayne

I S N

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 L Saturna Island ! Duncan Fulford Harbour ! South

COWICHAN BAY Russell Island Pender Island P

! R E

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.)

VICTORIA

Rockfish Conservation Areas

Not for navigation. Produced in the Western and Northern Service Centre, Parks Canada. Data Source: Fisheries and Oceans Canada 0 5 10 15 Rockfish Conservation Areas effective 1 February km

2007. Projection: BC Environment Albers Horizontal Datum: NAD 83

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47 Proposed Southern Strait of GeorgiaVancouver National Marine Conservation Area Reserve Sanitary Shellfish Closures

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 L Thetis 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 T

Ganges A Mayne

I S N

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 L Saturna Island ! Duncan Fulford Harbour ! South

COWICHAN BAY Russell Island Pender Island P

! R E

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.)

Sanitary Shellfish Closures, April 16 2009

Annual closures

Seasonal closures VICTORIA

Data Source: Environment Canada, Environmental Protection Branch Shellfish Water Quality Protection Program Sanitary Shellfish Closures, April 16,2009. Not for navigation. Produced in the Western and Northern Service Centre, Parks Canada.

0 5 10 15 Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) closures are km

seasonal and not shown on this map. Projection: BC Environment Albers Horizontal Datum: NAD 83

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