Howe Sound: In Recovery, Still Incredible.. Glacier-carved coastal inlet.

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Howe Sound: In Recovery, Still Incredible.

Glacier-carved coastal inlet

The land that drains into Howe Sound

Add photo of Phyto plankton Squamish River estuary

BC’s Southernmost Fiord

Island-strewn Sound

Add tropical look Remarkable biodiversity

Amazingly Wild

Vancouver’s playground

Eagles, salmon Where children meet Nature Sea to Sky Outdoor School North Vancouver Outdoor School

Squamish Nation – 9000 years of knowledge

A cultural journey

1991: Pulp Mill pollution Environmental Trends?

Port Mellon Former Woodfibre Mill Today: greatly reduced pulp mill pollution

1991: Britannia Mine pollution

Today: Britannia mine effluent treated Treatment plant

1991: Squamish estuary unprotected and contaminated

Today: Squamish estuary protected; Pollution remediated. Pique news magazine

1991: Extensive clear-cut logging

Today: Squamish Nation Land Use Plan Squamish Whistler

Increasing Community stewardship Squamish Streamkeepers Squamish Watershed Society Marine Life Sactuary Society

Vital Signs of recovery Humpback whale White sided dolphin Pink salmon, Squamish River

T. Turner Howe Sound In recovery. Still incredible.