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6
The Bite of a Mosasaur
Far
up the Inside Passage, Vancouver Island begins to nestle inward toward
mainland British Columbia, and the frigid water begins to warm a bit as the
Georgia Strait narrows. The salmon fishing improves, and the feel of wild-
ness increases. Many small towns dot the countryside, most surviving on log-
ging, tourism, and the groceries sold to folks in retirement double-wides. It is
certainly not the U.S.A., for the subtle but distinct feel of Canada is percep-
tible everywhere.
The nature of the rocks begins to change as well. Fossils in this part of
Vancouver Island are no longer found on the seacoast. To find fossils this far
north, you have to trek inland on the logging roads winding through the
second- or third-growth forest, where isolated canyons of shale have been
