Started on another thread... Caving on Vancouver Island. Surprisingly, Vancouver Island is the largest island on North America’s west coast. It is approximately 500 km long with a population of about 740,000 people residing all over the island. Visitors and residence alike can enjoy one of the most spectacular features of this beautiful nature spot-caves are abundant here! With 4% of its surface area being comprised of ”karst” landscapes, the highest concentration of caves in North America is found right here on the Island. We have over 1200 km2 of cave features to explore and more explored limestone caves here than in all other Canadian provinces combined. Vancouver Island is so rich in caves, with more than 1,000 recorded, that it is sometimes referred to as the “Island of Caves“. Some of Canada’s longest and deepest cave systems are found on Northern Vancouver Island. There, hundreds of caves have been surveyed since systematic exploration began in the early 1970s, including some with over 10 kilometres of mapped passages. cancaver.ca/bc/viceg/
Posted on: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 07:10:37 +0000
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