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 CARIBOOMount Waddington REGIONAL Regional DistrictDISTRICTSunshine 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 t Gold le Cedar K'omoks (Comox) Oyster River Squamish n Bridge I t Central Saanich Karlukwees Parksville Squamish DM Sullivan Knigh Bay Chemainus Klahoose Pauquachin Surrey Comox Kwiakah Penelakut Stz`uminusPioneer 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 e Cracroft l Duncan Malahat Royston We Wai Kai Nation - Cape Mudge Kokish Tlowitsis n Port (637) I e Earls Cove Mayne Island Saltair West Thurlow Island Neville Bu t East Thurlow Island McNab Creek Saltery Bay WestPemberton Vancouver Echo Bay Mill Bay Saltspring Island WhiteMeadows Rock 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 Hecate Lang Bay Saltery Bay FRASER VALLEY COMOX VALLEY Egmont REGIONAL Gold River REGIONAL Earls Nelson Cove Island !. DISTRICT K'omoks Woodfiber Squamish DM DISTRICT (624) T e x a d a Mowachaht/Muchalaht COURTENAY " ! Comox I s la n d (630) Garden Bay Britannia !< E Beach Cumberland Nootka Royston Madeira Park Yuquot McNab Creek Union Bay Denman Secret Cove Island Port Mellon GREATER Hornby Gambier Island Island Buckley Bay Thormanby VANCOUVER Lasqueti Island Boat Basin !
Quisitis Uchucklesaht Green Cove ! Penelakut Toquaht (667) Landing Ladysmith (650) (666) Saltair Ecoole Ucluelet USA !. (668) Chemainus Stz'uminus (641) Galiano Island Ucluelet Halalt (645) Mayne C Crofton Island
Bamfield Saltspring O! Pacific Rim Saturna National Park Cowichan Ditidaht Island Pender Island Huu-ay-aht Reserve of (662) COWICHAN (642) (663) DUNCAN " Island Canada VALLEY REGIONAL DISTRICT Cowichan Bay Tseycum (655) Sidney Whyac ! Mill Bay O! North Clo-oose ! Malahat Saanich Pauquachin (647) (652) Tsawout (654) Pacheedaht Tsartlip (658) (653) Central Saanich Port CAPITAL Renfrew District of REGIONAL DISTRICT Highlands !. Saanich Juan de Fuca Provincial Park Songhees (644) Langford ! ! VICTORIA Esquimalt " Jordan River (656) O! Oak Bay National Tsunami T'Sou-ke Shirley Sooke (657) Warning Center !. Beecher © East Bay (640) (NTWC) Breakpoint Sooke BC-Washington Border Wa s h i n g tBr o n i t, isU h n Ci t e o d lu St m a b t ia e s, C o fa A n am d e a r i c a
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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 !. District Municipality Parks A Inundating wave possible Full evacuation suggested Tsunamis are rare but serious events. Many areas of coastal B.C. may be threatened in the event ! Town Warning of a tsunami. However, it is generally accepted by scientific and technical experts that Victoria, Regional District ZONE B - THE CENTRAL COAST AND NORTHEAST VANCOUVER ISLAND !< eastern Vancouver Island, Vancouver and the lower mainland are low-risk areas. Village B COAST INCLUDING KITIMAT, BELLA COOLA, AND PORT HARDY Strong currents likely Stay away from the shore Unincorporated/Indian Reserves (670) Denotes First Nation To ensure that all B.C. communities receive appropriate tsunami messaging, that is easily Community office Advisory understandable using provincial landmarks, Emergency Management BC has divided the ZONE C - THE OUTER WEST COAST OF VANCOUVER ISLAND FROM 1:400,000 province into five (5) zones for notification purposes. These zones are reflected on this map C CAPE SCOTT TO PORT RENFREW 0 10 20 30 40 50 Danger level not known yet Stay alert for more information in different colours and the letters A, B, C, D and E.
ZONE D - THE JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT FROM JORDAN RIVER TO GREATER Watch All tsunami notifications prepared by the Province will refer to these five zones. Each of the five Kilometres Produced for: Produced by: D VICTORIA INCLUDING THE SAANICH PENINSULA designated zones includes all islands and inlets within the location descriptive. Minor waves at most No action suggested Date: 30/11/2015 ZONE E - THE STRAIT OF GEORGIA INCLUDING THE GULF ISLANDS, Information E GREATER VANCOUVER AND JOHNSTONE STRAIT Document Path: W:\ilmb\PEP\projects\PECC\tsunami\PEP_tsunami_maps\Inundation Zones\arcGISprojects\Tsunami_Zone_E.mxd