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| Aerial Map Courtesy of the CRD NATURAL AREAS ATLAS |
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PEDDER BAY ESTUARY |
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| North side estuary looking west inland at high tide. | The mudflats of this estuary provide a valuable source of food for waterfoul throughout the year. | Canada Geese nest on the islands in upper art of the bay. | Rock at low tide. |
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| Burrowing worms and the large heart shaped cockles are part of the infauna of this ecosystem | The estuary has typcal estuarine vegetation, | A mud mound in the estuary | Looking east towards the bay |
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| Looking west up the stream | At the head of the estuary, it splits into two branches, one going to the waterfall and one to the north side, going toward the Galloping goose trail. | Looking west upstream on the north fork. |
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WATERFALL AND RIVER |
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| The waterfall that feeds into the estuary on the north side of Pedder Bay running at full capacity in December 2008. | A study of the invertebrates of the stream coming from the waterfall, can easily come up with a variety of larvae and adult invertebrates which serve as a reliable food source for cutthroat trout coming to the stream. | The waterfall, March 18, 2009 | Liquorice Ferns on the cliff beside the waterfall. |
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| Settlement box in stream for obtaining water for the salmon box. | Looking downstream | The pool at the base of the waterfall | Salmon enhancement shed built by Pearson College in the early 1990s |
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MATHESON LAKE |
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| See images like these and add your own pictures of Matheson Lake to Google Earth via this Panoramio website | Matheson lake, Fall 2007 | ||
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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 |