Post by Mike C on Jun 23, 2006 15:05:59 GMT -8
Fun with BC's Enviromentalists
BC FERRIES LAUNCHES ONBOARD NATURALISTS PROGRAM
Over 1100 presentations planned to enhance the west coast experience
VICTORIA – BC Ferries has partnered with Parks Canada and BC Experience to introduce an exciting new Coastal Naturalists program to give customers a truly west coast experience while travelling onboard our major route vessels. The major new program will inform, educate and hopefully inspire customers travelling between Tsawwassen and Swartz Bay and Horseshoe Bay and Departure Bay.
Seven naturalists will host thirty-minute educational presentations featuring B.C.’s natural geographic environment, cultural history, marine life and wildlife on the outer decks of the vessels. Customers will learn about the history of the Entrance Island lighthouse, farming on Salt Spring Island, Great Blue Herons, harbour seals and the British Columbia continental shelf.
Together, BC Ferries and Parks Canada will introduce travellers to the value of marine environments, the Species at Risk program, the new Gulf Islands National Park Reserve and all the other parks and sites on Vancouver Island.
The naturalists will entertain passengers with facts such as:
• Female harbour seals are pregnant 95 per cent of their lifespan
• Adult Great Blue Herons are the size of a 10 year-old child but weigh a maximum of only six pounds due to their hollow bones
• Many of the Gulf Islands and waterways were named after Spanish explorers such as Saturna and Galiano
• Kanakas, or Hawaiian islanders, hired by Hudsons Bay Company as labourers, were some of the first settlers to farm on the Southern Gulf Islands.
The Coastal Naturalists program will run on the two major Mainland – Vancouver Island routes through September 4, Thursdays through Sundays, including holiday Mondays. The new program will be offered on the following sailings:
Exit Swartz Bay hourly between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.*
Exit Tsawwassen hourly between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.*
Exit Departure Bay at 8:30 a.m., 10:40 a.m., 12:50 p.m. and 3:05 p.m.
Exit Horseshoe Bay at 10:40 a.m., 12:50 p.m., 3:05 p.m. and 5:10 p.m.
*Some exceptions apply, please refer to www.bcferries.com for detailed schedules.
BC FERRIES LAUNCHES ONBOARD NATURALISTS PROGRAM
Over 1100 presentations planned to enhance the west coast experience
VICTORIA – BC Ferries has partnered with Parks Canada and BC Experience to introduce an exciting new Coastal Naturalists program to give customers a truly west coast experience while travelling onboard our major route vessels. The major new program will inform, educate and hopefully inspire customers travelling between Tsawwassen and Swartz Bay and Horseshoe Bay and Departure Bay.
Seven naturalists will host thirty-minute educational presentations featuring B.C.’s natural geographic environment, cultural history, marine life and wildlife on the outer decks of the vessels. Customers will learn about the history of the Entrance Island lighthouse, farming on Salt Spring Island, Great Blue Herons, harbour seals and the British Columbia continental shelf.
Together, BC Ferries and Parks Canada will introduce travellers to the value of marine environments, the Species at Risk program, the new Gulf Islands National Park Reserve and all the other parks and sites on Vancouver Island.
The naturalists will entertain passengers with facts such as:
• Female harbour seals are pregnant 95 per cent of their lifespan
• Adult Great Blue Herons are the size of a 10 year-old child but weigh a maximum of only six pounds due to their hollow bones
• Many of the Gulf Islands and waterways were named after Spanish explorers such as Saturna and Galiano
• Kanakas, or Hawaiian islanders, hired by Hudsons Bay Company as labourers, were some of the first settlers to farm on the Southern Gulf Islands.
The Coastal Naturalists program will run on the two major Mainland – Vancouver Island routes through September 4, Thursdays through Sundays, including holiday Mondays. The new program will be offered on the following sailings:
Exit Swartz Bay hourly between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.*
Exit Tsawwassen hourly between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.*
Exit Departure Bay at 8:30 a.m., 10:40 a.m., 12:50 p.m. and 3:05 p.m.
Exit Horseshoe Bay at 10:40 a.m., 12:50 p.m., 3:05 p.m. and 5:10 p.m.
*Some exceptions apply, please refer to www.bcferries.com for detailed schedules.
