Trial Islands Ecological Reserve

Canada / British Columbia / Victoria /
 island, nature conservation park / area

The Trial Islands Ecological Reserve is a nature reserve on the Trial Islands in the British Columbia province of Canada just off the southern tip of Oak Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The twenty-three-hectare ecological reserve was established in 1990 to protect two elongated rocky islands and associated islets. It protects the greatest number of endangered and vulnerable species in a single ecological reserve in British Columbia.
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Coordinates:   48°24'0"N   123°18'18"W

Comments

  • Called trial island because small ocean vessels were tested here in the fairly tall waves that ocurr under certain conditions (tide and weather).
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