Haisla First Nation And Me©: June 2021

<< Slide Image Left On The Website Mastheads (here and elsewhere) Good morning, everyone. In the 1950s, my father helped build the dams and tunnels at Kemano to help provide power for the Kitimat aluminum smelters. We begin to deal with BIG (MEGA) EARTHQUAKES at New Cascadia Dawn© - Cascadia Rising - M9 to M10+, An Intelligent Grandfather's Guide© next, Simon Fraser University (foreground) Kulshan Stratovolcano© / Mount Baker Stratovolcano (background)© ~ Image by Stan G. Webb - In Retirement©, An Intelligent Grandfather's Guides© next, The Man From Minto© - A Prospector Who Knows His Rocks And Stuff© Learn more about the Cascadia Volcanic Arc© (Part of Pacific Ring of Fire) Cascadia Volcanoes© and the currently active Mount Meager Massif©, part of the Cascadia Volcanic Arc© [ash flow, debris flows, fumaroles and hot springs], just northwest of Pemberton and Whistler, Canada ~ My personal interest in the Mount Meager Massif© is that the last volcanic vent blew north, into the Bridge River Valley [The Bridge River Valley Community Association (BRVCA), [formerly Bridge River Valley Economic Development Society], near my hometown. I am the Man From Minto© - A Prospector Who Knows His Rocks And Stuff©

I experienced my first magnitude 7.0-7.5 earthquake when I was almost 23 months old. It almost knocked me to the ground. That 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake struck Vancouver Island on June 23 at 10:15 a.m.[1] with a magnitude estimated at 7.0 Ms[2] and 7.5 Mw.[6] The main shock epicenter occurred in the Forbidden Plateau area northwest of Courtenay. While most of the large earthquakes in the Vancouver area occur at tectonic plate boundaries, the 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake was a crustal event. Shaking was felt from Portland, Oregon, to Prince Rupert, British Columbia. This is one of the most damaging earthquakes in the history of British Columbia, but damage was restricted because there were no heavily populated areas near the epicentre, where severe shaking occurred. There were, however, a whole series of landslides in the Forbidden Plateau area there were a whole series of landslides blocked streams and rivers to create lakes. The first hikers into the area gave them great names, Landslide Lake, Rock Fall Lake, Earthquake Lake etc.; over time these natural dams were eroded to nothing, leaving nothing but fading memories of those lakes. This earthquake is Canada's largest historic onshore earthquake.[1] Three years later, an earthquake, an M8.1, struck at 8:01 p.m. PDT on August 2, 1949 in Haida Gwaii [formerly Queen Charlotte Islands], an interplate earthquake that occurred on the ocean bottom just off the west coast of the main south island [Graham Island]. The shock had a surface wave magnitude of 8.1 and a maximum Mercalli Intensity of VIII (Severe).

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Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Understanding the Aftermath of the Bute Inlet Landslide

https://youtu.be/TXOAvwXTIT0 [3:57 minutes]

Understanding the Aftermath of the Bute Inlet Landslide

On November 28, 2020, a massive landslide in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia caused a glacial lake outburst—an event that reshaped the landscape at the head of Bute Inlet. We spoke with representatives of the Homalco First Nation about the effect the landslide and its aftermath has had on their community and their culture. Videography by Katrina Pyne, Grant Callegari, Kristina Blanchflower Produced by Katrina Pyne Edited by Kristina Blanchflower