Rockhounding on Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Canadian Rockhound: Rockhounding on Vancouver Island, British Columbia Page 1 of 11. Rockhounding on Vancouver Island, British Columbia By Rick Hudson, Let's start with the basics, because even finding Vancouver Island on the map can be a mite confusing. There's Vancouver , Oregon, and there's Vancouver , Washington, and then there's Vancouver , ; but none of them are on Vancouver Island. They're on the "mainland", or "over there", as the islanders call it, and pity them for being stuck on a continent. Vancouver Island, on the other hand, is about 20 miles offshore of the city of Vancouver , BC, and stretches like a long, flattened football up and down the coast. Its west coast is cut by deep fjords and steep, forested peaks, while its east coast (the one facing "over there") is flat and inhabited by less than half a million people.

Rockhounding on Vancouver Island, British Columbia By Rick Hudson, Ph.D. Let's start with the basics, because even finding Vancouver Island on the

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