A couple of weeks ago, I posted photos of the southern entrance to Seymour Narrows. A reminder: the Narrows is a short section of the waterway that separates Vancouver Island from the islands and the mainland to the east. It's, according to Wikipedia, 5 km. long and along most of the narrow stretch, about 750 m. wide. I measured the actual narrow part on the map; it's just over 3 km. long. The "official" measurement may include the area of strong tidal currents.
And it opens up to the north at Brown's Bay, where I took these photos last week.
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| We're looking here from the south end of the bay, with the northern mouth of the Narrows straight ahead. The bare rocks are underwater at high tide. I've taken photos from this spot before. |
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| Looking across the channel. Sub-tidal rocks mimic the shape of the green hills. |
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| Looking north across the bay to the marina and restaurant. And the route north. |
Going north from here, the Discovery Passage runs 20 km. to Little Bear Bay, where it turns into the Johnstone Strait, which finishes the route to the northern tip of the island, another 110 km. Much of this route is also narrow, and near the exit into open water, the ferry and cruise ship lines go through another gap only 500 metres wide between submerged rocks, but without the extreme tidal currents that make Seymour Narrows hazardous.
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| Black, layered rock. Bits of seaweed, and a few limpets and snails wait out the dry spell here. There aren't many; this area is scoured by rapid currents. |
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| It almost looks like a huge, fossilized bird head. |
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Hace quince dias, subí fotos de la entrada sur del Estrecho Seymour. Como he mencionado antes, el Estrecho es un tramo corto que forma parte de la via navegable que separa la Isla de Vancouver de las islas y el continente al oriente. Según Wikipedia, se extiende por 5 km., y en su mayor parte apenas mide unos 750 m. entre isla e isla. Medí en el mapa la parte más angosta; este tramo cubre 3 km. La medida "oficial" probablemente incluye las aguas donde fluyen las corrientes fuertes.
El Estrecho se abre al norte en Brown's Bay, donde saqué estas fotos la semana pasada.
1. Mirando desde el extremo sur de la bahía, con la boca norte del Estrecho enfrente. Las rocas desnudas están sumergidas cuando sube la marea. (He sacado fotos desde este punto antes.)
2. La isla al otro lado de la bahía, con las rocas cercanas imitando su forma.
3. Y mirando hacia el norte, hacia la marina y restaurante. Y hacia la ruta al norte.
Saliendo hacia el norte desde la bahía, el Pasaje Descubrimiento (Discovery Passage) corre 20 km. hasta Little Bear Bay, donde da vuelta y entra el Estrecho Johnstone que nos lleva al extremo norte de la isla, otros 110 km. Gran parte de esta ruta es angosta también, y cerca del punto donde entra al oceano, las lineas de transbordadores y los barcos cruceros pasan por otra angostura que mide apenas 500 metros entre rocas sumergidas, pero sin las corrientes tan fuertes que hacen que el Estrecho Seymour sea peligroso.






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