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The doubleheaded sea serpent island is warm and welcoming
WHO ARE THESE WOMEN ON THE WHARF?: The above photo, courtesy of the Powell River Historical Museum & Archives, has no information attached: no year, and no names. Do you know who these women are? And what year this might be? Contact pieta@prliving.ca. Left, a postcard of Savary Island. No date.
Laying in the sun on the shores of Savary Island, have you ever wondered why the island is so wonderfully sandy and its waters warmer than anywhere else on the coast? These features, which make Savary such an attractive summer destination, come from the island’s interesting geological past. It’s sandy beaches are a result of multiple glacial retreats; water melting from glaciers as thick as 2,000 meters, dropped large amounts of sand and sediment as the ice retreated into the mountains.
BLAST FROM THE PAST JOËLLE SÉVIGNY A first retreat created deposits we now call Cowichan Head and Semiahmoo Drifts and a second glacial retreat, created the deposit known as Quadra sands. This deposit forms many of the islands in the Georgia Strait: Quadra, Cortes, Hernando, Hardwood, and more, including Savary. Savary Island also lies close to the meeting point of the tides moving around the northern and southern tips of Vancouver Island. At this meeting point of opposing tides, the water
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