Cumberland BC: The Cumberlander Articles Section
Uncategorized · 9th July 2008
Kathleen Kinasewich
Comox Valley Water Watch Coalition 3-D - Landform Map of Comox of Valley Region & Watersheds
Donations & Reservations
We are very grateful to the many individuals and organizations which have given or pledged financial support for the Watershed Map (3-D) (commissioned by Comox Valley Water Watch and created by Trevor Wicks) which was be presented to the public on Tuesday July 8, 2008. The map viewing at the Sustainability Centre,was a great success . Thanks for the many Valley citizens, politicans and interested parties for attending. CVWWC is happy to provide such a grand educational tool for the entire community to learn about the source to tap relationship .
To Donate : Cheques should be made payable
to the Comox Valley Land Trust, designating "3-D Map" on the memo line. If possible, please provide an e-mail address or mailing address to which your (tax-deductible) receipt can be sent. Cash donations will be accepted at the Open House, and receipts will be issued for amounts of $25 or more. Mail Cheques to Comox Valley Water Watch Coalition (CVWWC) Box 320 Union Bay, and B.C., V0R 3B0.
To Reserve the 3D Landform map for your group or event:
Reserve with Comox Valley Water Watch Coalition. Please e-mail us at waterwatchcoalitiongmail.com or call us at 250-335-0747. We will be happy to let you know when the map is available, when you can pick it up at its current location & how to transport and handle the 3-D landform map. (Basic operating instructions will be made available when signing out the map. Two people are required to carry the map and set it up.)
Design your own Backdrop
–The Backdrop measurements for main panel are 76" x 35 5/8 " The side panels are 12 1⁄2 x 35 5/8. Note the three panels can be cut from one 4 x 8 sheet of corplast. Corplast is the background and it can be slid in and out of the designated backdrop area. Allow 1-2" border for framework. You can plan ahead with your backdrop design working from these measurements. More details available when reserving community use of the 3D Map of the Comox Valley Region & Waterheds.
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The Valley as eagles see it
New 3-D model being unveiled at open house tonight
Marcel Tetrault
Comox Valley Echo
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
A bird's eye view of the Comox Valley is now available for those of us without our own wings or personal aircraft.
A new three-dimensional model of all 3,750 square kilometres of the Valley, from Oyster River to Deep Bay and from Cape Lazo to Strathcona Park, will be presented to the public for the first time tonight at the Comox Valley Sustainability Centre.
"It's an education tool that local government, local health authorities, schools, businesses, tourism, economic development can all use," said Comox Valley Water Watch Coalition (CVWWC) coordinator Kathleen Kinasewich.
"It's just understanding the human relationship with your watershed, basically. Everything that's out there around our drinking watershed has an effect on what comes out of our tap. Visuals are just such a helpful thing for people."
The six-foot by four-foot model, built at a scale of 1:40,000 with a 2:1 vertical scale to show more elevation detail, was constructed by Trevor Wicks of Trentec Innovations using a special technique he developed over about five or six years.
"There is a lot of interesting topography because of the elevation changes from sea level at Hornby and Denman Islands on the one corner and then it goes up to the highest point at just over 2,000 metres," said Wicks. "But then it goes back on the other side of the Beaufort Range, near Port Alberni, it's almost back to sea level again.
"It's striking, the (mountain) range, you can almost see how that was formed by the subduction fault underneath the Pacific Ocean, it pushed the ridges up. It's interesting to see how abrupt and how sharp those mountain ridges are in the Beauforts."
But the purpose of the model is not just to help people visualize the Valley's topography.
CVWWC, who commissioned the $5,000 model, will use it to educate people about the various tributaries that flow into the Valley's drinking water supply at Comox Lake.
"With the 3-D model you can see how ... fragile the whole system is in terms of water source protection," said Wicks. "If there was a big landslide, for example, anywhere up in those ridges into Comox Lake, it could conceivably and probably will at some point turn Comox Lake quite murky for awhile and affect water supplies.
"Basically it gives you a bird's eye view of the situation and it is easy then to recognize the risk factors in the watersheds. There are lots of issues in the area and the 3-D model helps put it in perspective."
The Comox Valley Conservation Strategy Group would like to use the model to help the public, developers and local government understand the relationship between watersheds, wildlife corridors and sensitive ecosystems and it is also seen as having much educational value for school children of all ages.
"It's not all about water," said Wicks. "It can also explain about the crust, the underlying rock formations, some of which have major faults in the crust from earthquakes and from this pressure. You can see how complex that can be when you look at a 3-D model."
The model will be available to all sorts of groups for educational purposes. It is built from one piece of Styrofoam, about two inches thick, so is quite lightweight. It includes a backdrop on which information can be included to customize map presentations to emphasize whichever aspect of the region's ecology is being studied.
The map will be presented today from 2 until 8 p.m. at the sustainability centre above the Golden Carriage Restaurant on Fifth Street. It will also be on display at Vancouver Island MusicFest and at the symposium on the Courtenay River Estuary in early October.
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© Comox Valley Echo 2008
Donations & Reservations
We are very grateful to the many individuals and organizations which have given or pledged financial support for the Watershed Map (3-D) (commissioned by Comox Valley Water Watch and created by Trevor Wicks) which was be presented to the public on Tuesday July 8, 2008. The map viewing at the Sustainability Centre,was a great success . Thanks for the many Valley citizens, politicans and interested parties for attending. CVWWC is happy to provide such a grand educational tool for the entire community to learn about the source to tap relationship .
To Donate : Cheques should be made payable
to the Comox Valley Land Trust, designating "3-D Map" on the memo line. If possible, please provide an e-mail address or mailing address to which your (tax-deductible) receipt can be sent. Cash donations will be accepted at the Open House, and receipts will be issued for amounts of $25 or more. Mail Cheques to Comox Valley Water Watch Coalition (CVWWC) Box 320 Union Bay, and B.C., V0R 3B0.
To Reserve the 3D Landform map for your group or event:
Reserve with Comox Valley Water Watch Coalition. Please e-mail us at waterwatchcoalitiongmail.com or call us at 250-335-0747. We will be happy to let you know when the map is available, when you can pick it up at its current location & how to transport and handle the 3-D landform map. (Basic operating instructions will be made available when signing out the map. Two people are required to carry the map and set it up.)
Design your own Backdrop
–The Backdrop measurements for main panel are 76" x 35 5/8 " The side panels are 12 1⁄2 x 35 5/8. Note the three panels can be cut from one 4 x 8 sheet of corplast. Corplast is the background and it can be slid in and out of the designated backdrop area. Allow 1-2" border for framework. You can plan ahead with your backdrop design working from these measurements. More details available when reserving community use of the 3D Map of the Comox Valley Region & Waterheds.
_____________________________
The Valley as eagles see it
New 3-D model being unveiled at open house tonight
Marcel Tetrault
Comox Valley Echo
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
A bird's eye view of the Comox Valley is now available for those of us without our own wings or personal aircraft.
A new three-dimensional model of all 3,750 square kilometres of the Valley, from Oyster River to Deep Bay and from Cape Lazo to Strathcona Park, will be presented to the public for the first time tonight at the Comox Valley Sustainability Centre.
"It's an education tool that local government, local health authorities, schools, businesses, tourism, economic development can all use," said Comox Valley Water Watch Coalition (CVWWC) coordinator Kathleen Kinasewich.
"It's just understanding the human relationship with your watershed, basically. Everything that's out there around our drinking watershed has an effect on what comes out of our tap. Visuals are just such a helpful thing for people."
The six-foot by four-foot model, built at a scale of 1:40,000 with a 2:1 vertical scale to show more elevation detail, was constructed by Trevor Wicks of Trentec Innovations using a special technique he developed over about five or six years.
"There is a lot of interesting topography because of the elevation changes from sea level at Hornby and Denman Islands on the one corner and then it goes up to the highest point at just over 2,000 metres," said Wicks. "But then it goes back on the other side of the Beaufort Range, near Port Alberni, it's almost back to sea level again.
"It's striking, the (mountain) range, you can almost see how that was formed by the subduction fault underneath the Pacific Ocean, it pushed the ridges up. It's interesting to see how abrupt and how sharp those mountain ridges are in the Beauforts."
But the purpose of the model is not just to help people visualize the Valley's topography.
CVWWC, who commissioned the $5,000 model, will use it to educate people about the various tributaries that flow into the Valley's drinking water supply at Comox Lake.
"With the 3-D model you can see how ... fragile the whole system is in terms of water source protection," said Wicks. "If there was a big landslide, for example, anywhere up in those ridges into Comox Lake, it could conceivably and probably will at some point turn Comox Lake quite murky for awhile and affect water supplies.
"Basically it gives you a bird's eye view of the situation and it is easy then to recognize the risk factors in the watersheds. There are lots of issues in the area and the 3-D model helps put it in perspective."
The Comox Valley Conservation Strategy Group would like to use the model to help the public, developers and local government understand the relationship between watersheds, wildlife corridors and sensitive ecosystems and it is also seen as having much educational value for school children of all ages.
"It's not all about water," said Wicks. "It can also explain about the crust, the underlying rock formations, some of which have major faults in the crust from earthquakes and from this pressure. You can see how complex that can be when you look at a 3-D model."
The model will be available to all sorts of groups for educational purposes. It is built from one piece of Styrofoam, about two inches thick, so is quite lightweight. It includes a backdrop on which information can be included to customize map presentations to emphasize whichever aspect of the region's ecology is being studied.
The map will be presented today from 2 until 8 p.m. at the sustainability centre above the Golden Carriage Restaurant on Fifth Street. It will also be on display at Vancouver Island MusicFest and at the symposium on the Courtenay River Estuary in early October.
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© Comox Valley Echo 2008