Denman Island, British Columbia
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Denman Island is one of the Northern Gulf Islands in the Comox-Strathcona Regional District of British Columbia, Canada, and is home to a small community of 1,016 year-round residents (2001 census). A regular ferry service links Denman Island to both Hornby Island and Vancouver Island at Buckley Bay. Denman Island has long been a haven for people escaping from busy urban centers. It is famous for its summer dances, the Martini Lounge Cabaret, and tolerant lifestyle. Many artists have made Denman Island their home for decades, and as a result, the local community has a thriving artistic community. The island has a land area of 51.03 km² (19.7 sq mi).
[edit] Vegetation and soils
Much of the western part of Denman Island is covered by a luxuriant forest dominated by Douglas-fir, western hemlock and western red cedar on deep gravelly loam glacial till. Some areas have shallow soils over sandstone or shale. The eastern part has a loamy sand on which arbutus is frequently present. All of these soils were classed as brown podzolic in a 1959 soil survey. The northern part has been largely stripped of its tree cover and regeneration may be relatively slow on its sandy podzols, which are infertile and have classic eluvial horizon development in most cases.
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[edit] References
Day, J.H., L. Farstad, and D.G. Laird, 1959. Soil Survey of Southeast Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands, British Columbia. B.C. Soil Survey, Rept. No. 6, Can. Dept. Agric.
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