Tsunami Notification Zone C for Brish Columbia
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O! Tsunami Notification Zone C for British Columbia L R E E N H N S I A F H C Communities within Kleena S Kleene N D Tsunami Notification Zone C E N Tatla E U U Lake O Q S Namu Alberni-Clayquot Regional District Capital Regional District CENTRAL COAST Cowichan Valley Regional District Mt. Waddington Regional District Strahcona Regional District S H F O I REGIONAL DISTRICT U T U G Z Tatlayoko N H D Lake Ahousaht Hot Springs Cove Port Alice Brunswick Rivers Bamfield Hupacasath Port Renfrew Inlet (541) CARIBOO REGIONAL DISTRICT Boat Basin Huu-ay-aht Quatsino C Dawsons I a Landing s Cape Scott Kootwowis Quinaquilth l l v a e n Ceepeecee Ka:'yu:'k't'h'/Che:k:tles7et'h' Quisitis r d t Chamiss Bay (formerly Kyuqout) Quortsowe Chetarpe Mahatta River Sechart Clo-oose Marktosis Tahsis Duncanby Landing Coal Harbour Mowachaht/Muchalaht Tla-o-qui-aht Ditidaht Nahmint Tofino Ecoole Nitnat Lake Toquaht Ehattesaht Nootka Tseshaht Fair Harbour Nuchatlitz Uchucklesaht MOUNT WADDINGTON Green Cove Landing Nuchatlaht Ucluelet West Coast ABlaska REGIONAL DISTRICT Haggard Cove Oinimitis Winter Harbour Tsunami Warning Center Hecate Opitsat Whyae (WCATWC) Breakpoint Hesquiat Pacheedaht Yuquot Holberg Port Alberni Zeballos North Tip of Vancouver Island Warner Bay Dzawada'enuxw Bull Harbour (636) (632) Kingcome G C O Gwawaenuk Tlatlasikwala H R A D N O (627) N N E L Sullivan Bay Thompson Cape Scott Sound Provincial Park C Q Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxdaxw H U E Echo Bay (724) A R E N S L O! T O T R A T Kwicksutaineuk-ah-kwaw-ah-mish !. I E STRATHCONA Kwakiutl T (625) Holberg POWELL RIVER (626) Port Sointula Quatsino REGIONAL Hardy Mitchell Bay REGIONAL (633) (631) Mamalilikulla-Qwe’ (629) Minstrel Island Coal Harbour Namgis Qwe’Sot’Em DISTRICT DISTRICT !< ! Alert Bay Da'naxda'xw Bones Bay Hyde (635) Karlukwees Winter Harbour Quatsino Port McNeill Creek O! Telegraph Cove Port Neville Mahatta River !< Port Alice Restless !< Big Bay Bight MOUNT WADDINGTON Sayward B R B O A REGIONAL DISTRICT O Y K S STRATHCONA Klahoos(e553) Heriot C H E C Bay L L E L E S E I B T REGIONAL N A Y Chamiss Bay T Mansons N U Fair Harbour S A Landing H DISTRICT Campbell River !. C Ka:’yu:’k’t’h’/ Cape Mudge O! Zeballos (623) Lund Che:k:tles7et’h’ Nuchatlaht !< (639) Homalco (552) V a n c o u v e r Sliammon Tahsis Shelter Point (554) !< E Ceepeecee I s l a n d Ehattesaht !. Powell River (634) Oyster River Hecate Saltery Nuchatlitz Bay Lang Bay COMOX VALLEY S T Earls REGIONAL DISTRICT R Cove A M K'omox A I L (624) T A Garden Mowachaht/Muchalaht COURTENAY T e S T S " ! x R P Bay (630) Comox I s a A I N !< O l d I T A Cumberland a n a Nootka Royston F d Madeira Park Yuquot G Union Bay E Denman O Island Hornby R Buccaneer G Island Bay I A Lasqueti Boat Basin Fanny Bay Island Qualicum (651) Hesquiat Hesquiat ALBERNI-CLAYOQUOT (661) Oinimitis ! Hot Springs Qualicum Beach PARKSVILLE Cove REGIONAL DISTRICT " Tseshaht Nanoose Marktosis (665) Hupacasath Quortsowe (664) (649) Ahousaht Chetarpe Nanoose Bay (659) O!" PORT ALBERNI Lantzville Opitsat Tla-o-qui-aht " (660) O! NANAIMO Tofino !. Pacific Rim REGIONAL Kootowis National Park Reserve of Quinaquilth Nahmint DISTRICT Canada Quisitis Uchucklesaht Toquaht (667) Green Cove (666) Landing C Sechart Ucluelet Ecoole Haggard Cove !. L (668) A I E L Tzartus R L E E N P G Island COWICHAN VALLEY A N M I E A H Pacific Rim C REGIONAL DISTRICT Helby I National Park O! Bamfield Reserve of Canada Ditidaht Huu-ay-aht (662) (663) Nitinat Lake Whyac Clo-oose CAPITAL Pacheedaht (658) REGIONAL Port Renfrew DISTRICT Juan de Fuca West Coast Alaska J U Sombrio D E A N Provincial Park F Point Tsunami Warning Center S T U C R A A (WCATWC) Breakpoint I T © BC-Washington Border 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 ZONE B - THE CENTRAL COAST AND NORTHWEST VANCOUVER ISLAND COAST Warning Regional District !< Village INCLUDING KITIMAT, BELLA COOLA, AND PORT HARDY West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center (WCATWC) notifications refer to B.C. coastal 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 1:500,000 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. GREATER VANCOUVER AND JOHNSTONE STRAIT E Information Created by: GeoBC. NL Filepath: \\GRANITE\work\ilmb\dss\projects\clients_new\pep\tsunami\PEP_tsunami_maps\Inundation Zones\ArcGISprojects\Tsunami_zoneC.mxd.