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Title

The sea among us : the amazing Strait of Georgia.

Publication

• Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd., [2014]
• ©2014

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Additional Authors

• Beamish, R. J. (Richard James), 1942-
• McFarlane, G. A.
• Keller, Betty

Description

xiv, 384 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps; 29 cm

Summary

The Strait of Georgia is a one of the world's great inland seas, a 6,900 sq km body of water lying between the British Columbia mainland and Vancouver Island. Rich in history, teeming with wildlife and marine traffic, it is essential to British Columbians for food, jobs, travel and recreation. The sheltered waters of the strait are home to Canada's largest seaport and over two-thirds of the province's population. The Sea Among Us is the first book to present a comprehensive study of the Strait of Georgia in all its aspects with chapters on geology, First Nations, history, oceanography, fish, birds, mammals,invertebrates and plants. Covering everything from tsunami modelling to First Nations history to barnacle reproduction, the book is a sweeping overview of the waterway.

Alternative Title

Amazing Strait of Georgia

Subject

• Marine ecology > Georgia, Strait of (B.C. and Wash.)
• Marine ecosystem management > Georgia, Strait of (B.C. and Wash.)
• Coast Salish Indians > Georgia, Strait of (B.C. and Wash.)
• Wildlife utilization > Georgia, Strait of (B.C. and Wash.)
• Fisheries > Georgia, Strait of (B.C. and Wash.) > History
• Marine ecology
• Marine ecosystem management
• Georgia, Strait of (B.C. and Wash.)
• Pacific Ocean > Strait of Georgia

Note

• Foreword by Hon. John Fraser ; introduction by Brian Riddell ; preface by Richard Beamish and Gordon McFarlane ; edited by Betty Keller, Peter A. Robson, and Patricia Wolfe.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-370) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Foreword / the honourable John Fraser -- Preface / Richard Beamish and Gordon McFarlane -- Introduction / by Brian Riddell (CEO/President, Pacific Salmon Foundation) -- The geology / John Clague -- The physical ocean / Richard Thomson -- The biological oceanography / Paul Harrison and Dave Mackas -- The invertebrates and marine plants / text and photos by Rick Harbo -- The fishes / Richard Beamish -- The marine mammals / Andrew Trites -- The coast birds / Douglas Bertram -- The pre-contact era / Terry Glavin -- The zone of encounter : a human history of the strait from the time of European contact / Stewart Muir -- The history of the fisheries / Gordon McFarlane and Jacquelynne King -- The future.

ISBN

• 9781550176834
• 1550176838

OCLC

884299713

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library