Tsunami Notification Zone E for British Columbia
Communities within Tsunami Notification Zone E
Capital Regional District Nanaimo Regional District Comox Valley Regional District Powell River Regional District Cowichan Valley Regional District Strathcona Regional District MOUNT WADDINGTON Greater Vancouver Regional District Squamish-Lillooet Regional District REGIONAL DISTRICT CMAouRntI BWOadOdi nRgtEonG RIOegNionAaLl DDisItSricTt RICTSunshine Coast Regional District
Big Bay Galiano Island Nanaimo Sayward Bones Bay Gambier Island Nanoose Bay Sechelt STRATHCONA REGIONAL DISTRICT Brittania Beach Garden Bay Nelson Island Secret Cove Bowen Island Gibsons New Westminster Semiahmoo Buckley Bay Halalt North Saanich Shelter Point B Dzawada'enuxw (636) Burnaby Hardwicke Island North Vancouver City Sliammon Gwawaenuk Tribe (627) Kingcome Campbell River Hornby Island North Vancouver DM Snuneymuxvw Gold t e Cedar K'omoks (Comox) Oyster River Squamish l Bridge n t I Central Saanich Karlukwees Parksville Squamish DM Sullivan Knigh Bay Chemainus Klahoose Pauquachin Surrey Comox Kwiakah Penelakut Stz`umPinionueser Mine Thompson Cortez Island Ladner Pender Island Texada Island Sound Seton Courtenay Ladysmith Port Mellon Thompson Sound Portage Echo Bay Cowichan Lang Bay Port Moody Thormanby Island Kwicksutaineuk-ah- Cowichan Bay Langford Port Neville Tlowitsis kwaw-ah-mish (625) Cracroft Lantzville Powell River Tsartlip Crofton Lasqueti Island Quadra Island Tsawwaassen Minstrel Cumberland Lyackson Qualicum Tseil-Waututh Mamalilikulla- Island Qwe'Qwa'Sot'Em Delta Lions Bay Qualicum Beach Tseycum (629) Karlukwees Da'naxda'xw Denman Island Lund Richmond Union Bay Telegraph (635) Bones Gates Cove Bay District of Highlands Madeira Park Roberts Creek Vancouver t Birken Cracroft e Tlowitsis l Duncan Malahat Royston We Wai Kai Nation - Cape Mudge Kokish n Port (637) I e Earls Cove Mayne Island Saltair West Thurlow Island J O H Neville u t N S B T O N E S East Thurlow Island McNab Creek Saltery Bay WPemsbte rVtonancouver T R A I T Echo Bay Mill Bay Saltspring Island WMheaitdeow Rs ock Creekside Hardwicke Kwiakah (628) Island Egmont Minstrel Island Saturna Island Woodfiber East Thurlow West Thurlow Island Mount MOUNT WADDINGTON Island Fanny Bay Musqueam Savary Island Xemalhkwu - Homalco !< Big Bay Gabriola Island Currie REGIONAL DISTRICT Sayward
Pemberton
Quadra Island
Klahoose (553) Cortez Island POWELL RIVER
Campbell River !. REGIONAL We Wai Kai Nation - O! SUNSHINE SQUAMISH-LILLOOET Cape Mudge DISTRICT !< STRATHCONA (623) Lund COAST REGIONAL REGIONAL DISTRICT Xwemalhkwu-Homalco (552) Savary DISTRICT Tahsis REGIONAL DISTRICT Shelter Point Island Sliammon !< (554)
Ceepeecee !. Powell River Oyster River S T Hecate R A I Saltery Bay T Lang Bay FRASER VALLEY
COMOX VALLEY O Egmont F REGIONAL Gold River REGIONAL G Earls E Nelson Cove !. DISTRICT O M Island Woodfiber Squamish DM K'omoks A DISTRICT R L (624) G A T S T S Mowachaht/Muchalaht " ! I e R P COURTENAY Comox I x A I N (630) A s a I A Garden Bay Britannia !< l d T a n a E Beach Cumberland d Nootka Royston Madeira Park Yuquot McNab Creek V a n c o u v e r Union Bay Denman Secret Cove Island Port Mellon GREATER I s l a n d Hornby Gambier Island Island Buckley Bay Thormanby VANCOUVER Lasqueti Island Boat Basin !
S (654) H Pacheedaht T A Tsartlip!. R (658) R (653) Central A O I
Saanich T Port CAPITAL Renfrew Distr!.ict of REGIONAL DISTRICT Highlands !. Saanich Juan de Fuca Provincial Park Songhees (644) Langford ! ! VIC!.TORIA Esquimalt " Jordan River (656) O! Oak Bay West Coast Alaska T'Sou-ke Shirley (657) J U A Sooke !. N !. Tsunami Warning Center F D E Beecher © U C East A Bay (640) S T R (WCATWC) Breakpoint A I T Sooke Wa Br i t BC-Washington Border s h i is h n g t o C o lu n , U m b ia n i t e , C a d St n a d a a t e s o f A m e r i c a USA D
Tsunami Notification Zones Notifications B.C. Tsunami Notification Zones Legend Alert Level Threat Action " City O! Tide Gauge ZONE A - THE NORTH COAST AND HAIDA GWAII Tsunamis are rare but serious events. Many areas of coastal B.C. may be threatened in the event !. District Municipality Parks A Inundating wave possible Full evacuation suggested of a tsunami. However, it is generally accepted by scientific and technical experts that Victoria, eastern Vancouver Island, Vancouver and the lower mainland are low-risk areas. ! Town Warning ZONE B - THE CENTRAL COAST AND NORTHWEST VANCOUVER ISLAND COAST !< Regional District INCLUDING KITIMAT, BELLA COOLA, AND PORT HARDY West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center (WCATWC) notifications refer to B.C. coastal Village B areas in terms of “breakpoints” that, while understood in technical circles, will have little meaning Strong currents likely Stay away from the shore Unincorporated/Indian Reserves (670) Denotes First Nation to the general public. Community office ZONE C - THE OUTER WEST COAST OF VANCOUVER ISLAND FROM Advisory 1:400,000 C CAPE SCOTT TO PORT RENFREW To ensure that all B.C. communities receive appropriate tsunami messaging, that is easily 0 10 20 30 40 50 understandable using provincial landmarks, Emergency Management BC has divided the Danger level not known yet Stay alert for more information ZONE D - THE JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT FROM JORDAN RIVER TO GREATER province into five (5) zones for notification purposes. These zones are reflected on this map Watch in different colours and the letters A, B, C, D and E. Kilometres D VICTORIA INCLUDING THE SAANICH PENINSULA Prroduced fforr:: Prroduced by:: All tsunami notifications prepared by the Province will refer to these five zones. Each of the five ZONE E - THE STRAIT OF GEORGIA INCLUDING THE GULF ISLANDS, Minor waves at most No action suggested March 2013 designated zones includes all islands and inlets within the location descriptive. E GREATER VANCOUVER AND JOHNSTONE STRAIT Information Created by: GeoBC. NL Filepath: \\GRANITE\work\ilmb\dss\projects\clients_new\pep\tsunami\PEP_tsunami_maps\Inundation Zones\ArcGISprojects\Tsunami_zoneE.mxd