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Comox Valley Conservation
Strategy Project Area
COMOX VALLEY CONSERVATION STRATEGY AREA
(183,879 hectares)
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The Conservation Strategy Project Area extends from Deep Bay in the
south to Oyster River in the north. To the west, it follows the height of
land in the Vancouver Island and Beaufort Mountain ranges and to the
east it follows the coastline, including intertidal and estuarine waters.
Hornby and Denman Islands are excluded from the Project Area
because they lie within a separate conservation strategy area overseen
by the Islands Trust Fund.
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The Project Area was delineated using the BC Freshwater Atlas
Watershed Boundary layer. The Project Area includes two Ecosections:
the Nanaimo Area Lowlands and the Leeward Island Mountains.
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Reference Map: 92F 14, 15, 11, 10, 6, 7
(NTS Maps 1:50,000)
Map Datum: NAD 83
UTM Zone:
UTM 10
Second Draft: Project Watershed Society
Date:
August, 2012
Conservation Strategy Project Area
Inland Highway (19)
Streams
Lakes, Rivers and Wetlands
Ecosection Boundary
Municipal and Regional Boundaries
Provincial Parks, Wildlife and Ecological Areas
All Parks and Greenway Areas
The dashed line on this map depicts the boundary
between two ecosections. An ecosection is a landbased classification that depicts areas of similar
climate, physiology, hydrology, vegetation and
wildlife potential.
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The lands of the eastern coastal lowland of Vancouver
Island are classified as Nanaimo Area Lowland
ecosection, while the lands that extend from the edge of
the coastal plain to the height of land in the Vancouver
Island and Beaufort Mountain ranges are within the
Leeward Island Mountain ecosection.
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Source: B.C. Ministry of Environment, Ecosystems Branch,
Ecology, The Ecoregions of British Columbia.
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FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY
Although attempts have been made to portray the most
current available information, the CVCS Partnership disclaims
all responsibility for the accuracy of this map.