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| Aerial Map Courtesy of the CRD NATURAL AREAS ATLAS Other aerial Images by helicopter, courtesy of GEOBC |
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Christopher Point |
| Christopher Point is off limits , being managed by the DND. Visible from the water are bunkers used in the early part of the last century for a coastal defence system. The point was also the site of an "Egg -beater style" windmill which was a research site for BC Hydro in the 1980s and 90's. The tower has now removed. |
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Shelter Island and Bay |
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| Shelter Island is a pristine Shore pine covered tombolo island attached at low tide to a very fine sandy beach | Shelter Island from the east. Unfortunately this fine white sand beach is the site of underwater demolition exercises by the DND, so landing on it is prohibited. | Shelter Island from above. | |
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It was in this Bay that the necropsy for Orca L51 was conducted in 1999. |  Orcinus Orca necropsynear Race Rocks |
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Swordfish Island |
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| View from the west side, looking to the east to Shelter Island in Whirl Bay. | View from the south side. The video below is taken in the tunnel through the island. Rare hydroid at Swordfish IslandTubularia sp. |
View from the east side: These jellyfish live on the eelgrass stalks, in a small bed tucked in behind the island on the east end. The Stalked Jellyfish
Haliclystus sp. |
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Church Island |
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| Church Island on the lower left, Swordfish on the right. | View from the northwest side. A large patch of the rare seaside plant Romanzoffia tracyi sits on the north facing ridge at the top, | View from the south side | view from the east side |
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Whirl Bay :.From Swordfish Island to Shelter Island..
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| The helicopter side view pictures on this page were derived from the British Columbia Ministry of the Environment; GEOBC Spatial Analysis Branch Ocean Resources. |
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This site has been created to represent the contiguous ecosystems of the Race Rocks Ecological Reserve/Marine Protected Area and for the use of the Green Blue Spaces sub committee of the Metchosin Environmental Advisory Select Committee ( MEASC). |
The website is hosted courtesy of Lester B. Pearson College. Copyright: G.Fletcher Marine Education Consulting, 2008
webmaster: Garry Fletcher, educational director of racerocks.com |