Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands

Running head: GEO 112(CAPILANO UNIVERSITY) 1
Geo 112(Capilano University)
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Executive summary
The geographical landforms of Vancouver islands have undergone a series of changes for
millions of years. There are various artefacts that can be obtained from the island to support the
theories regarding the landscape of the islands. Several pieces of artefacts can be obtained to
demonstrate the land forming processes that have taken place on the island over time. Processes
such as earthquakes, plate tectonic movements, and volcanicity. The dense forest is part of the
landscape of Vancouver. The human activities such as tree logging in Vancouver supports the
assertion that the fertility of the soil is responsible for the vegetation cover. A closer look at the
history of the island reveals that it was a natural habitat for animals too. Normally, animal and
human settlement in an area will depend on the availability of resources such as food and water.
Vancouver offered the optimum conditions for these kinds of settlements.

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Table of Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................... 4
Vancouver’s Geography.................................................................................................... 5
1. Climate.............................................................................................................. 5
2. Coal................................................................................................................... 6
3. Coal minerals.................................................................................................... 7
4. Macerals............................................................................................................ 7
5. Aboriginal tools................................................................................................. 8
6. Sedimentary rocks............................................................................................ 9
7. Rocks.............................................................................................................. 10
8. Earthquakes.................................................................................................... 11
Conclusion................................................................................................................... 11

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Introduction
Vancouver being a large city in British Columba, Canada has great geography that can be
studied. The population of the city was close to 680,000 people in the census of 15 years ago.
The residents are diverse in terms of ethnicity. The location of the city is the west coast of British
Columbia. The city is also adjacent to the Strait of Georgia. To the south of Vancouver, there is
the Fraser River and the Burrard Peninsula to the east. The city was named after the British
captain, George Vancouver. The city has large forests and ancient trees which prove that it had
dense forests for several years. The terrain in the place is both hilly and flat which means that it
is diverse. The climate of Vancouver is oceanic with dry summer months. The average
temperature in July is 210C. The winters are rainy and have average temperatures of 0.50C. This
research centres on the landforms in Vancouver, Canada. Moreover, the paper aims at producing
a portfolio of the geographic physical features in the city over time. The artefacts collected in our
interaction with geographic materials will help in explaining the place geographically. The
geography of the city of Vancouver is diverse and has several features ranging from wildlife to
landforms and climate.