Adele D. Oliver


Community Manager, Lotusland, Canada

A Touch of Autumn (3)

at the Skookumchuck Rapadis ... a 5km walk (and 5 km back) from our anchorage at Egmont...

Skookumchuck Narrows forms the entrance of Sechelt Inlet on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast .
Each day, tides force large amounts of seawater through the narrows—200 billion US gallons (760,000,000 m3) of water on a 3-metre (9.8 ft) tide. The difference in water levels on either side of the rapids can exceed 2 metres (6.6 ft) in height. Current speeds can exceed 16 knots (30 km/h),[1] up to 17.68 knots (32.74 km/h).[2] Although it is sometimes claimed to be the fastest tidal rapids in the world,[3] Norway's Saltstraumen reaches speeds of 20 knots (37 km/h).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skookumchuck_Narrows

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