The rockwork done to seal the southern entrance
This artificial pool was made under permit from BC Parks by Mike Slater and Garry Fletcher in June, 1999. It is part of a long range succession study.
See also below for “AFTER the HURRICANE”
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- Observing the action of water as a surge fills the pool.
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- Students surveying the pool.
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- A panorama of the pool before water filled it. The white quadrat is 50cm on each side.
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- In May of 2005 Kinwa sees that the tidepool has a number of invertebrate inhabitants
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- A view from above looking seaward.
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- June 5 2005A view of the whole pool from above.
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- Limpets graze on the algal growth on the flat bottom
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- On the West side, the pink encrusting algae Lithothamnion grow
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- The purple shore crab hangs onto a ledge on the West side. just below the surface.
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- On the South wall finger limpets are in their same location as before the pool was built.
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- The North and West side of the pool
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- Californianus mussels
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- On the bottom corner agroup of Californianus mussels has established a foothold.
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- A tidepool sculpin sticks his head out from under the ledge beside the rock-concrete wall
AFTER THE HURRICANE OF DECEMBER 15, 2006 (newspaper item)
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- Before the hurrricane, viewed from the north side, it appeared as above. The large rock on the left side of the picture was moved….
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- .and after the huuricane, it sits on top of the tidepool.and completly covers the pool
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- Viewed from the South side,
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- Looking at the South West corner of it. The large square rock that used to be on the ocean side of the boulder is now gone completely.
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- This is the space previously occupied by the smaller seaward boulder.
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- The same view below the large boulder, with students Mujahed,Anitesh and Kip.
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- Anitesh and Kip stand where the boulder once was sitting,
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- Jack Knox stands on the east side of the rock in the middle of where it where it used to be sitting.
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- The boulder perches directly over the pool resting against the concrete dam built on the west side of the pool and a small rock directly underneath.
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- the moved boulder
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- The stone wall we had built on the south side is still standing..The tidepool now, in under the boulder. It is also filled with large rock
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- These large boulders up the shore from the tidepool have also moved 2 to 3 meters