Aerial Map Courtesy of the CRD NATURAL AREAS ATLAS
Other aerial Images by helicopter, courtesy of GEOBC
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. |
Shelter Island and Cove
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- Shelter Island is a pristine Shore pine covered tombolo island attached at low tide to a very fine sandy beach
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- 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
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- Shelter Island from above
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- It was in this Bay that the necropsy for Orca L51 was conducted in 1999
Swordfish Island
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- View from the west side, looking to the east to Shelter Island in Whirl Bay.
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- View from the south side. The video below is taken in the tunnel through the island.
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- View from the east side stalked jellyfish live on the eelgrass stalks, in a small bed tucked in behind the island on the east end.
Church Island
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- Church Island on the lower left, Swordfish on the righ
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- View from the northwest side. A large patch of the rare seaside plant Romanzoffia tracyi sits on the north facing ridge at the top,
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- View from the south sid
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- view from the east side
Whirl Bay : From Swordfish Island to Shelter Island- Click to enlarge..
The helicopter side view pictures on this page were derived from the
British Columbia Ministry of the Environment; GEOBC Spatial Analysis Branch Ocean Resources.
The MetchosinMarine website 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). Copyright: G.Fletcher 2013 ( garryf ( use at) gmaill.com)