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rest of Canada and the United States. Separating Vancouver Island from mainland British
Columbia is the Strait of Georgia, an island-studded waterway, rich in wildlife and always
busy with passenger, freight, and pleasure vessels.
WhenthefirstEuropeanssailedintotheStraitofGeorgiainthelate1700s,mostofwhatis
nowVancouverandVictoriawascoveredinatemperaterainforestdominatedbyhemlock,
western red cedar, and Sitka spruce, with forests of Douglas fir thriving in drier areas. The
onlyremainingtractoftheseancientforestscanbefoundinVancouver'sStanleyParkand
Victoria's Goldstream Provincial Park.
