Jervis Inlet ( locally / ˈ dʒ ɑːr v ɪ s / JAR -viss ) ( lekw'emin in she shashishalhlem ) is one of the principal inlets of the British Columbia Coast , about 95 km (59 mi) northwest of Vancouver , and the third of such inlets north of the 49th parallel , the first of which is Burrard Inlet , Vancouver's harbour.
21-665: It stretches 89 km (55 mi) from its head at the mouth of the short 18 km (11 mi) Skwawka River to its opening into the Strait of Georgia near Texada Island . It is the deepest fjord on the British Columbia coast with a maximum depth of 670 m (2,200 ft). The inlet is made up of three arms or reaches: At its uppermost stretch is Queens Reach, which takes a sharp right-angle often seen in fjord areas, to become Princess Royal Reach. Both reaches are about 20 km (12 mi) in length. The flanks of
42-635: A large ski resort at Whistler , most of the land in the range is completely undeveloped. Historically, in the southern part of the range, mining was important at various times in the Lillooet, Bridge River and Squamish areas, and large pulp and paper mills at Powell River, Port Mellon and Woodfibre. The largest hydroelectric development in the Pacific Ranges is the Bridge River Power Project , though smaller hydro plants are on
63-618: The Coast Mountains in British Columbia , Canada , flowing southeast 20 kilometers (12 mi) into the head of Queens Reach, which is the uppermost end of Jervis Inlet . The pass at the head of the river, which connects to the head of the Little Toba River , is the prominence col for Mount Alfred , which lies just west of the river's mouth and is the highest summit between Jervis and Toba Inlets . Above
84-552: The Silverthrone Caldera , which lie 140 and 190 km northwest of the main volcanic belt. The Cascadia subduction zone is a 680 mi (1,094 km) long fault , running 50 mi (80 km) off the west-coast of the Pacific Northwest from northern California to Vancouver Island . The plates move at a relative rate of over 0.4 inches (10 mm) per year at a somewhat oblique angle to
105-507: The Waddington Range these are also considered to be " ranges " but are listed separately here because of their unique character). List is incomplete Some Protected areas, recreation areas and other non-park preservation areas are not listed. Many relatively unknown rivers of considerable size along the coastal flank of the range are not listed, partly because they are largely unknown and also very difficult to access. For
126-630: The Cascade Range contributes to further obscuring the presence of a trench. However, in common with most other subduction zones, the outer margin is slowly being compressed, similar to a giant spring . When the stored energy is suddenly released by slippage across the fault at irregular intervals, the Cascadia subduction zone can create very large earthquakes , such as the 8.7–9.2 M w Cascadia earthquake of 1700 . Many smaller ranges and subranges are not listed at present. (Other than
147-851: The Stave River-Alouette Lake system in Mission and Maple Ridge, the Daisy Lake-Squamish River division of the Cheakamus Powerhouse, and another power dam and power plant at Clowhom . Although the range was extensively surveyed for possible rail routes, only that of the Pacific Great Eastern (now part of CN) was eventually built; the Homathko River-Bute Inlet route, however, was one of the two main choices in
168-444: The area of sḵelh (Earls Cove). Population is sparse on the shores of lekw’emin and there is no road access to the area. Industry includes small operations in aquaculture, commercial fishing and logging, but a substantial number of independent power projects are expected to develop in coming years. Prior to colonization, two of the four primary sub-groups of shíshálh People had principal settlements in lekw’emin. The head of lek’wemin
189-592: The deliberations of the CPR's routing. The Pacific Ranges are part of the southern portion of the Coast Plutonic Complex and has been characterized by rapid rates of uplift over the past 4 million years, which has led to relatively high rates of erosion . The Garibaldi Volcanic Belt is within the Pacific Ranges, which is a volcanic belt formed by the subduction of the Juan de Fuca Plate (a remnant of
210-579: The fabled Northwest Passage . In the Royal Navy tradition, Vancouver named this main waterway after his friend Rear Admiral Sir John Jervis (Earl of St. Vincent) for his victory over the Spanish fleet on February 14, 1797 at Cape St. Vincent in Portugal. He named St. Vincent's Bay (near the entrance of Jervis Inlet) after the location of the battle, St. Vincent Bay. The three specific reaches of
231-615: The five major coastal icecaps in the southern Coast Mountains . These are the largest temperate-latitude icecaps in the world and fuel a number of very major rivers (by volume, not length). One of these contains Mount Waddington , the highest summit entirely within British Columbia . Also within this region is Hunlen Falls , among the highest in Canada , located in Tweedsmuir South Provincial Park . Other than logging and various hydroelectric developments, and
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#1732773285560252-589: The fjord and the valley of the Skwawka River , which feeds the head of the inlet, are the site of two of Canada's highest waterfalls, James Bruce Falls 840 metres (2,760 ft) and Alfred Creek Falls at 700 m (2,300 ft). The most frequented and best known inlet in the area is Princess Louisa Inlet , with the Malibu Club and Young Life Camp at the Malibu Rapids , the entrance of
273-418: The inlet and mountains were named in the 1860 survey by HMS Plumper , which charted the known area in honour of members of Queen Victoria's family. The waterways named during this survey mission were: Princess Louisa Inlet , Queens Reach , Princess Royal Reach , and Prince of Wales Reach . Also named were the main mountains of the area: In the early 1900s, logging and commercial fishing developed in
294-584: The inlet, and Princess Louisa Marine Provincial Park , including Chatterbox Falls , at its head. At the mouth of Jervis Inlet a passenger and vehicle ferry operated by BC Ferries connects Earls Cove (on the upper end of the Sechelt Peninsula and lower Sunshine Coast ) with Saltery Bay (on the bottom end of the Malaspina Peninsula and upper Sunshine Coast). The mouth of Sechelt Inlet connects with lekw’emin (Jervis Inlet) in
315-534: The lekw’emin (Jervis Inlet) area. Relatively large logging camps operated at Goliath Bay, Vancouver Bay and Hotham Sound, commercial fishing was conducted by owner-operators based in Egmont, ḵalpilin (Pender Harbour) and sḵelhp (Saltery Bay), and several fish-processing plants operated in Egmont, ḵalpilin and sḵelhp. Skwawka River The Skwawka River is a medium-sized river in the Pacific Ranges of
336-921: The much larger Farallon Plate ) under the North American Plate along the Cascadia subduction zone . The belt is the northern extension of the Cascade Volcanic Arc in the United States (which includes the volcanoes Mount St. Helens and Mount Baker ) and contains the most explosive young volcanoes in Canada. The eruption styles in the belt range from effusive to explosive , with compositions from basalt to rhyolite . Morphologically, centers include calderas , cinder cones , stratovolcanoes and small isolated lava masses. Due to repeated continental and alpine glaciations, many of
357-500: The river's lower reaches, on the east flank of Mount Alfred, is 700 meters (2,300 ft) Alfred Creek Falls , one of North America's highest. 50°13′00″N 123°59′00″W / 50.21667°N 123.98333°W / 50.21667; -123.98333 This article about a river in the Coast of British Columbia , Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Pacific Ranges The Pacific Ranges are
378-678: The southernmost subdivision of the Coast Mountains portion of the Pacific Cordillera . Located entirely within British Columbia, Canada , they run northwest from the lower stretches of the Fraser River to Bella Coola and Burke Channel , north of which are the Kitimat Ranges . The Coast Mountains lie between the Interior Plateau and the Coast of British Columbia . The Pacific Ranges include four of
399-408: The subduction zone. Unlike most subduction zones worldwide, there is no oceanic trench present along the continental margin in Cascadia . Instead, terranes and the accretionary wedge have been uplifted to form a series of coast ranges and exotic mountains. A high rate of sedimentation from the outflow of the three major rivers ( Fraser River , Columbia River , and Klamath River ) which cross
420-630: The volcanic deposits in the belt reflect complex interactions between magma composition, topography, and changing ice configurations. The most recent major catastrophic eruption in the Garibaldi Volcanic Belt was from the Mount Meager massif 2,350 BP , which is Canada's most recent major catastrophic eruption. The Garibaldi Volcanic Belt contains two extra volcanic fields, the Franklin Glacier Complex and
441-415: Was the primary village site of the x̱enichen people. The name x̱enichen roughly means “go to the end until you can’t go any further” referring to the northern extent of the shíshálh "swiya", or territory. The ts’unay people had their principal village site at ts’unay (Deserted Bay) located approximately 20km south of x̱enichen. George Vancouver named the inlet after the 1791–1795 expedition to search for
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