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Farwell Canyon Airborne Surveys - 2024 - Airborne Coastal Observatory
CIOOS-PacificLate in the evening of July 30, 2024, a large landslide occurred on the Chilcotin River approximately 30 kilometres upstream of its confluence with the Fraser River, resulting in a complete blockage of the river’s flow. The landslide site was located roughly…
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Spatial extent of surface canopy kelp derived from fixed-wing surveys (2024), Central Coast, British Columbia, Canada
CIOOS-PacificThis data package consists of digitized surface canopy extent for two species of canopy forming kelp – giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) and bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) – for two regions on the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada. Spatial datasets…
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Glacier and Ice Aerial Surveys in British Columbia - 2023-2024 - Hakai Airborne Coastal Observatory
CIOOS-PacificThe Airborne Coastal Observatory (ACO), developed by the Hakai Institute, is an aerial remote sensing platform designed to map landscapes from icefields to oceans. Using a Piper Navajo aircraft operated by Kisik Aerial Surveys (Delta, BC), the ACO integrates…
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Spatial extent of surface canopy kelp derived from fixed-wing surveys (2024), North Coast, British Columbia, Canada
CIOOS-PacificThis data package consists of digitized surface canopy extent for two species of canopy forming kelp – giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) and bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) – for several areas on the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada. These data were…
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Gitga'at Territory Coastal Mapping Project
CIOOS-PacificThe Gitga’at Oceans and Lands Department has developed an integrated program that combines coastal sensitivity mapping with wave impact assessments. The program aims to inventory critical coastal resources and evaluate the potential impacts of ship wakes on…
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Kelp Canopy Extent - 2014 - NW Calvert Island
CIOOS-PacificKelp extent for North West Calvert Island for July 31st, 2014. Polygons manually created based on July 31st, 2014 air photos. Areas covered: West Beach – 7th beach to West Beach + Choked Passage – Surf Pass and North Beach to Wolf Beach North to Hakai Land and…
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Jellyfish Monitoring UAV Imagery - Pruth Bay - Calvert Island - British Columbia - Canada
CIOOS-PacificUAV imagery of jellyfish blooms in Pruth Bay, Calvert Island, BC. Imagery is stitched and georeferenced in order to extract jellyfish numbers and physical orientation. Data collection and analysis is being conducted by the Hakai Institute with further research…
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Snow Depth Measurements from Remotely Piloted Aerial Systems - Mt. Cain - 2018 - British Columbia - Canada
CIOOS-PacificThis dataset consists of 10cm spatial resolution raster snow depth maps from Mt. Cain BC, collected in 2018. The dataset also includes snow depth validation points. Raster and point cloud data are available by request. We use Phantom 3 and 4 UAVs to map snow…
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Horne Lake Bathymetry Mapping
CIOOS-PacificIn September 2023, the Hakai Geospatial Team, in partnership with the Geological Survey of Canada, performed a bathymetric survey at Horne Lake, located on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. The data was collected onboard the research vessel Hakai…
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Stream Temperature Observations for Three Streams Near Gold River
CIOOS-PacificThis dataset provides quality-controlled stream temperature time series from 3 freshwater monitoring sites on the West coast of Vancouver Island, within the Mowachaht-Muchalaht First Nations territories. The three sensors were installed on May 29, 2024 and…
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Kilbella River Estuary LiDAR Survey - 2019 - Airborne Coastal Observatory
CIOOS-PacificKilbella Estuary survey was targeted to help archaeologists define cultural landforms. Project ID: 193009 Kilbella River is located off Rivers Inlet - Central Coast of British Columbia - Canada. Flown in 2019 with the Hakai Institute Airborne Coastal…
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Trails - Calvert Island - British Columbia - Canada
CIOOS-PacificPublic trails for NW Calvert Island. This spatial layer shows informal trails and walking paths as observed around the Hakai Institute’s Calvert Island Field Station. The field station is located within the Hakai Lúxvbálís Conservancy, where trail use and…
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Glacier and Icefield Aerial Surveys in British Columbia, Washington, and Alberta - 2025 - Airborne Coastal Observatory
CIOOS-PacificBC's South and Central Coast is particularly sensitive to climate change, characterized by comparatively warmer winters than continental environments. However, the coast's extreme elevation gradients may provide some resilience in watersheds with high…
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Keen’s Mouse Food Web Study – 100 Islands Project – Central Coast, BC (2015-2017)
CIOOS-PacificData provided here a broad range of data types that were part of a mouse study conducted in the summers of 2015-2017. Mice (Keen’s mice, Peromyscus keeni) were live-trapped from shorelines approximately 125m into the forest at 5 sites on the Central Coast.…
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Ecosystem Comparison Plots - Calvert Island
CIOOS-PacificLocations of Ecosystem Comparison plots (ECP) used by the Hakai Institute on Calvert and Hecate Islands. Each plot is 20 m x 20 m, oriented with two sides following the slope. Plot locations were selected to be representative of terrestrial ecosystem units…
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Juvenile Sockeye Diets Hakai 2015-2016
CIOOS-PacificPacific salmon hold tremendous ecological, cultural, and economic value to communities and ecosystems throughout British Columbia. The productivity of several populations, however, has declined since the early 1990s. The cause of the decline is still not fully…
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Glaciers in Western North America Mass Loss Geospatial Data (2021-2024)
CIOOS-PacificGlaciers are essential parts of the mountain landscape, with strong cultural and tourism value, and they provide cool, plentiful water to many headwater streams during late summer and years of drought. We report on rates of mass loss for western Canada and the…
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Underwater Video Transects - Calvert Island - 2016
CIOOS-PacificTowed underwater video transects were conducted at a subset of locations conducted by Hakai Institute in 2012 in the NW Calvert Island region. Video transects were continued in August 2016 by Luba Reshitnyk, Rob White, and Mykelti Berg. Data is provided as raw…
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Zooplankton - Taxonomy – Northern Strait of Georgia, Discovery Islands, Johnstone Strait, and Queen Charlotte Strait – April to July 2015 and 2016
CIOOS-PacificThis data package includes mesozooplankton taxonomy data collected from the northern Strait of Georgia, Discovery Islands, Johnstone Strait, and Queen Charlotte Strait from April to July of 2015 and 2016. Individuals were identified to the lowest taxonomic…
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Poole Creek Aerial Surveys - Airborne Coastal Observatory
CIOOS-PacificThe Hakai Institute flew a section of LiDAR across the Poole Creek area to look at the effects of the Place Creek outburst flood debris flow. This was done as part of Hakai/UNBC research on the hazard of glacier lake outburst flooding. This was completed in…
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