Anthropogenic: (Combining form of Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos, “man, human”), with the suffix -genic, (producing or generating something)
Aerial Maps Courtesy of the CRD NATURAL AREAS ATLAS
Click on the collage above for an enlargement of this tribute to the beautification of Metchosin’s shorelines!
I am in the process of updating some of the following locations
https://metchosinmarine.ca/anthropogenic-impacts-on-coastal-habitat-at-race-rocks/
| Anthropogenic Impact Pages | |
| Race Rocks Archipelago- | Docks, blasting from Bentinck Island, Ecotourism and Illegal Fishing impacts. |
| Bentinck Island and Rocky Point- | Docks and Sea wall bulkhead and Blasting and demolition |
| Church Island and Whirl Bay- | Military Installation for underwater explosives testing |
| Beecher Bay | Log booming and docks. |
| Pedder Bay- | Several docks, sewage outfalls parking lot runoff. |
| William Head | Sewage outfall, docks. |
| Weirs and Taylor Beach- | Shoreline construction. |
| Albert Head North Beach. | Sea wall construction |
| Witty’s lagoon and Tower Point | Sea Walls and bulkheading on shoreline |
FURTHER REFERENCES:
We must however consider ourselves lucky (so far ) in Metchosin, as we have yet to experience the disasters that have happened in Puget Sound .
This link to an Image Gallery shows how bad it can get:
See this file on the Forage Fish and the hazards from development