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British Columbia Shore Station Oceanographic Program
The British Columbia Shore Station Oceanographic Program is a sea surface temperature and salinity monitoring program on the Canadian coast of the northeast Pacific Ocean. The program is administered by Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and regroups 12 lighthouse stations in British Columbia. Most lighthouses are staffed by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, but some have independent contractors instead. The practice of recording ocean water temperature and salinity levels in the area was initiated in 1914 at the Pacific Biological Station in Nanaimo. Data is collected daily around the time of the daytime high tide. The methodology of the sampling was originally designed by oceanographer John P. Tully, and was never modified in order to maintain the homogeneity of the data. The program expanded to 12 stations in the 1930s. Over time, more stations joined the programs while others stopped reporting. Currently, twelve stations remain in the program. Data from the Amphitrite point ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sea Surface Temperature
Sea surface temperature (SST), or ocean surface temperature, is the ocean temperature close to the surface. The exact meaning of ''surface'' varies according to the measurement method used, but it is between and below the sea surface. Air masses in the Earth's atmosphere are highly modified by sea surface temperatures within a short distance of the shore. Localized areas of heavy snow can form in bands downwind of warm water bodies within an otherwise cold air mass. Warm sea surface temperatures are known to be a cause of tropical cyclogenesis over the Earth's oceans. Tropical cyclones can also cause a cool wake, due to turbulent mixing of the upper of the ocean. SST changes diurnally, like the air above it, but to a lesser degree. There is less SST variation on breezy days than on calm days. In addition, ocean currents such as the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO), can affect SST's on multi-decadal time scales, a major impact results from the global thermohaline ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chrome Island Lighthouse
Chrome Island Lighthouse is a light station established in 1891 that assists traffic in the region of Deep Bay, British Columbia, Denman Island, and Hornby Island. It is currently a manned station, though in recent years the Canadian Coast Guard has considered automating it. Along with electronic navigational aids, the five-second-flash lighthouse is about above water level (depending on tides). The station has a helicopter landing deck and rescue boat. The light is one of the 12 locations of the British Columbia Shore Station Oceanographic Program, and has collected coastal water temperature and salinity measurements for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans since 1961. Keepers * Tom H. Piercy 1891–1898 * William McDonagh 1898–1901 * Walter Gordon 1901–1906 * John Doney 1906–1914 * James Fredrick Street 1914–1917 * Albert Doney 1917–1919 * Daniel O'Brien 1919–1922 * G. Allan Couldery 1922–1939 * Eugene Alexander Moden 1939–1953 * Oscar Edwards 1953–195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CCGS John P tournament
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Oceanography
Oceanography (), also known as oceanology and ocean science, is the scientific study of the oceans. It is an Earth science, which covers a wide range of topics, including ecosystem dynamics; ocean currents, waves, and geophysical fluid dynamics; plate tectonics and the geology of the sea floor; and fluxes of various chemical substances and physical properties within the ocean and across its boundaries. These diverse topics reflect multiple disciplines that oceanographers utilize to glean further knowledge of the world ocean, including astronomy, biology, chemistry, climatology, geography, geology, hydrology, meteorology and physics. Paleoceanography studies the history of the oceans in the geologic past. An oceanographer is a person who studies many matters concerned with oceans, including marine geology, physics, chemistry and biology. History Early history Humans first acquired knowledge of the waves and currents of the seas and oceans in pre-historic times. Observations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Race Rocks Light
Race Rocks Light is one of the first two lighthouses that were built on the west coast of Canada, financed by the British Government and illuminated in 1860. It is the only lighthouse on that coast built of rock, (granite) purportedly quarried in Scotland, and topped with sandstone quarried on Gabriola Island. The Islands of Race Rocks are located just off the southern tip of Vancouver Island, about southwest of Victoria, British Columbia. History The lighthouse was built between 1859–1860 by the crew of HMS ''Topaze'' and outside labourers under a contract awarded to John Morris by the British Government. It was illuminated on 26 December 1860, six weeks after the smaller Fisgard Island lighthouse built at the entrance to Esquimalt Harbour near Victoria. In 2010, both lighthouses celebrated their sesquicentennial. Se A complete historyof the Light Station and Ecological Reserve. It has a 24.4 m (80 feet) cylindrical tower with black and white bands, and flashes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pine Island, British Columbia
A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus ''Pinus'' () of the family Pinaceae. ''Pinus'' is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae. The World Flora Online created by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden accepts 187 species names of pines as current, together with more synonyms. The American Conifer Society (ACS) and the Royal Horticultural Society accept 121 species. Pines are commonly found in the Northern Hemisphere. ''Pine'' may also refer to the lumber derived from pine trees; it is one of the more extensively used types of lumber. The pine family is the largest conifer family and there are currently 818 named cultivars (or trinomials) recognized by the ACS. Description Pine trees are evergreen, coniferous resinous trees (or, rarely, shrubs) growing tall, with the majority of species reaching tall. The smallest are Siberian dwarf pine and Potosi pinyon, and the tallest is an tall ponderosa pine located in southern Oregon's Rogue River-Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nootka Point
Nootka may refer to: * Nuu-chah-nulth or Nootka, an indigenous people in Canada's Pacific Northwest * Nuu-chah-nulth language or Nootka, spoken by the above Places in British Columbia, Canada * Nootka Sound * Nootka Island * Nootka Fault Plants * ''Puccinellia nutkaensis'', a grass species also called Nootka alkaligrass * ''Cupressus nootkatensis'', a tree species also known as Nootka cypress * ''Rosa nutkana'', a perennial shrub also called Nootka rose * ''Lupinus nootkatensis'', a perennial plant also known as Nootka lupine Other uses * HMCS ''Nootka'' (J35), a Royal Canadian Navy Second World War minesweeper * HMCS ''Nootka'' (R96), a Royal Canadian Navy destroyer * Nootka Jargon, a Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) pidgin used as a trade language along the Pacific Northwest coast * Nootka Elementary School, in Vancouver, British Columbia See also * Nootka Crisis, an 18th century dispute involving the Nuu-chah-nulth Nation, the Spanish Empire, the Kingdom of Great Britain and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McInnes Island
McInnes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alan McInnes, Australian cricketer *Alison McInnes (born 1957), Scottish politician (Liberal Democrat MSP) * Andrew McInnes (born 1992), Australian rules footballer * Angus McInnes ( fl. 1897–1903), Scottish football player (Burnley FC) *Cameron McInnes (born 1994), Australian Rugby League player * Charlie McInnes (born 1916), Australian rules footballer * Colin McInnes (other), several people: :*Colin J. McInnes, health and foreign policy consultant, especially HIV/AIDS and security :* Colin R. McInnes, Scottish engineer known for his work in solar sails *Derek McInnes (born 1971), Scottish football player and manager *Donald McInnes, later MacInnes (1824–1900), Canadian businessman and politician *Donald P. McInnes (born 1933), dairy farmer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada * Dugald McInnes (born 1877), Canadian sport shooter in the 1908 Summer Olympics *Gavin McInnes (born 1970), Canadian far-r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langara Point Light
The Langara Point Lighthouse is a manned lighthouse located atop a scenic bluff on the northwest corner of Langara Island. It is one of only two lighthouses in Haida Gwaii – the other being at Cape St. James (now an automated station), at the southern tip of the islands. Both were built in 1913. During World War II, the lighthouse was painted camouflage green and a radar station was built here to monitor the North Pacific. The original light, still in use today, is a first-order Fresnel lens (the largest type of lighthouse lens) manufactured by Chance Brothers of England. Each side of the lens is over 8’ tall and 5’ wide with a focal length of 3’ The lighthouse is easily seen from the water and tours are possible via helicopter. Guests to Langara Island can enjoy a 1-2 hour tour of the lighthouse and its surrounding grounds, usually including a trip up to the top of the light tower, as well as coffee or tea with the lightkeepers. The Langara Light is one of 12 lighth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kains Island, British Columbia
Kain may refer to: *Kain (given name) *Kain (surname) *Kain Department, a department in the Yatenga Province of Burkina Faso *Mount Kain, a mountain in the Fraser River Valley of Mount Robson Provincial Park, Canada * Kaïn, a folk rock group from Quebec * Kain (''Legacy of Kain''), the protagonist of the ''Legacy of Kain'' series of videogames * Kain (''Tenchi Muyo!''), a character from ''Tenchi Muyo! in Love'' *Kain, an archetype in ''Fire Emblem'' *Kain, a former municipality part of Tournai, Belgium *KAIN-LP, a defunct low-power television station (channel 55) formerly licensed to Natchitoches, Louisiana, United States *A former name for Qaen, Iran *''Kain panjang'', a traditional cloth from Indonesia, often patterned with batik or ikat' *''Kain'' the Dragoon from Final Fantasy IV. See also *Kain bairns *''Kain XVIII'', a 1963 film *Rosati-Kain High School, an all-girls Catholic high school in St. Louis, Missouri *Cain (other) *Cane (other) *Kane (disambiguati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egg Island, British Columbia
An egg is an organic vessel grown by an animal to carry a possibly fertilized egg cell (a zygote) and to incubate from it an embryo within the egg until the embryo has become an animal fetus that can survive on its own, at which point the animal hatches. Most arthropods such as insects, vertebrates (excluding live-bearing mammals), and mollusks lay eggs, although some, such as scorpions, do not. Reptile eggs, bird eggs, and monotreme eggs are laid out of water and are surrounded by a protective shell, either flexible or inflexible. Eggs laid on land or in nests are usually kept within a warm and favorable temperature range while the embryo grows. When the embryo is adequately developed it hatches, i.e., breaks out of the egg's shell. Some embryos have a temporary egg tooth they use to crack, pip, or break the eggshell or covering. The largest recorded egg is from a whale shark and was in size. Whale shark eggs typically hatch within the mother. At and up to , the ostrich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departure Bay
Departure Bay is a bay in central Nanaimo, British Columbia, on the east coast of Vancouver Island. The surrounding neighbourhood is also referred to as "Departure Bay" —once a settlement of its own, it was amalgamated into the City of Nanaimo in the 1970s. __TOC__ Geography The bay is framed to the west by Vancouver Island and to the south-east by Saysutshun (formerly Newcastle Island), a provincial marine park with a long history of mining, quarrying, herring salteries, and tourism. Jesse Island () and the smaller Brandon Islands are located near the northern shore of the bay. Both islands, though quite small, have varied histories; Brandon Island being notable for a history of Japanese fish canneries and salteries. In 1853 both islands were named after sailors on HMS Virago. Snake Island is a located just outside the mouth of the bay. The "Departure Bay" neighbourhood surrounds most of the bay; though the north-eastern shoreline is referred to as Stephenson Point, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
