Ecological Monitoring 10 Mile Point ER.
ER warden Doug Biffard supplied this map of the area in the ten mile point reserve where plots have been laid out for an Ecological Monitoring program.
Review of Canada’s Ship-Source Oil spill Preparedness and Response Regime
This report is available only by request from the Tanker Safety Secretariat in Ottawa. But it is also included here as a PDF : transport_canada_tanker_report_accessible_eng The figure which should be of most concern for Ecological reserves in BC is the following: In this recent government-commissioned risk-analysis report on tanker traffic safety in Canada, figure 3 shows
Ten Mile Point ER #66 on Google Earth
The following image has been made from Google Earth The red dots show the approximate boundary of the inter and subtidal reserve.
Marine Ecological Reserves : Their Future in an Oil-Spill disaster. G. Fletcher
The threat of a disastrous oil spill that would devastate some marine ecological reserves in BC is looming ever larger. Proposals for two separate sets of Pipelines to the Coast of British Columbia and the ensuing transport of diluted tar-sands bitumen ( dilbit) by giant tankers are now being considered by our governments. The first
Map of the Ecological Reserve at Ten Mile Point. ER #66
The BC Parks Map of the Ten mile Point ER #66:
Oak Bay, Chain Islands and Ten Mile Point Ecological Reserves Map
To the east of Oak bay/ Victoria,there are several Ecological reserves. This map shows their locations in relation to each other. It is adapted from the BC Parks website.
Ten Mile Point FIsheries Regulations
From Marine Protected Areas and Fisheries Closures in British Columbia, by Glen S. Jamieson and Joanne Lessard Canadian Special Publications of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 131, 2000