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This is a list of distant landmarks that can be seen from the water front in the town of Qualicum Beach in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The index photograph is taken along the old Island Highway at the end of Bay Street at the waterfront of the Strait of Georgia. 49°21′14.6″N 124°27′11.4″W / 49.354056°N 124.453167°W / 49.354056; -124.453167 (Bay St and Island Hwy)

Identification

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Landmarks are indexed by compass bearings corrected to true. Using a magnetic compass[1], an adjustment must be made for variation[2]. As of July 2008, the correct adjustment for this location is 18° 5' East[3]. The bearing read on a compass must be increased by 18° to convert to a true bearing as used in the table. Subtract 18° from the bearings shown in the table to find the locations by compass bearing. Note that the bearings are only accurate for the position from which they were taken.

Landmarks

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To be replace with indexed image showing bearings of landmarks (10000px):

A panorama of Qualicum Beach


Bearings and coordinates are taken from the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia,[4] the Atlas of Canada [5] and other sources.[6]

Coordinates Range Bearing (True) Description
49°45′11.2″N 125°17′47.0″W / 49.753111°N 125.296389°W / 49.753111; -125.296389 (Mount Washington) 75.3 km (46.8 mi) 306 Mount Washington, 1,585 m (5,200 ft)
49°28′19.9″N 124°41′6.7″W / 49.472194°N 124.685194°W / 49.472194; -124.685194 (Chrome Island Lighthouse) 21 km (13 mi) 308 Chrome Island Lighthouse off south east end of Denman Island
49°47′07.1″N 125°11′07.1″W / 49.785306°N 125.185306°W / 49.785306; -125.185306 (Constitution Hill) 71.3 km (44.3 mi) 313 Constitution Hill, 18 km (11 mi) north west of Courtenay, British Columbia, 585 m (1,919 ft)
49°28′19.9″N 124°41′6.7″W / 49.472194°N 124.685194°W / 49.472194; -124.685194 (Chrome Island Lighthouse) 22.9 km (14.2 mi) 315 Ford Cove Light, Hornby Island. Flashes red every 4 seconds. <<LABEL
49°31′6.48″N 124°41′25″W / 49.5184667°N 124.69028°W / 49.5184667; -124.69028 (Mount Geoffrey) 25 km (16 mi) 317 Mount Geoffrey. Highest point on Hornby Island, about 300 m (980 ft)
49°30′59″N 124°37′38″W / 49.51639°N 124.62722°W / 49.51639; -124.62722 (Tribune Bay) 22 km (14 mi) 325 Tribune Bay on Hornby Island RECHECK<<<
49°31′3.4″N 124°34′36.4″W / 49.517611°N 124.576778°W / 49.517611; -124.576778 (Flora Islet Light) 20 km (12 mi) 334 Flora Islet Light off St John Point at east end of Hornby Island. Flashes white every 4 seconds.
49°58′42.18″N 124°54′35.08″W / 49.9783833°N 124.9097444°W / 49.9783833; -124.9097444 (Hernando Island) 76.8 km (47.7 mi) 335 Hernando Island. The west end of Savary Island is close by to the right.
49°44′6.47″N 124°38′11.25″W / 49.7351306°N 124.6364583°W / 49.7351306; -124.6364583 (Favada Point, Texada Island) 44.4 km (27.6 mi) 343 Favada Point, west end of Texada Island
49°43′16″N 124°35′27″W / 49.72111°N 124.59083°W / 49.72111; -124.59083 (Surprise Mountain) 42 km (26 mi) 346 Surprise Mountain, Texada Island LABEL
49°43′14.9″N 124°35′26.9″W / 49.720806°N 124.590806°W / 49.720806; -124.590806 (Surprise Mountain, Texada Island) 44.4 km (27.6 mi) 346 Surprise Mountain, near north end of Texada Island. 365 m (1,198 ft)
50°02′57.1″N 124°38′01″W / 50.049194°N 124.63361°W / 50.049194; -124.63361 (Bunster W6) 78 km (48 mi) 350 Unlabeled tag 4th to left of wharf at 010. Mainland peak VERIFY Bunster W6 1,115 m (3,658 ft)
49°59′06.0″N 124°34′59.2″W / 49.985000°N 124.583111°W / 49.985000; -124.583111 (Mt Porteous) 70.1 km (43.6 mi) 352 Unlabeled tag 3rd to left of wharf at 010. Mainland peak VERIFY Mt Porteous 984 m (3,228 ft)
50°3′49″N 124°32′55″W / 50.06361°N 124.54861°W / 50.06361; -124.54861 (Bunster Peak) 79.2 km (49.2 mi) 355 Unlabeled tag 2nd to left of wharf at 010. Mainland peak VERIFY Bunster Peak 1,135 m (3,724 ft)
49°56′56″N 124°27′18″W / 49.94889°N 124.45500°W / 49.94889; -124.45500 (Mount Mahony) 66 km (41 mi) 000 Unlabeled tag 1st to left of wharf at 010. Mainland peak Mount Mahony VERIFY 1,086 m (3,563 ft)
49°29′12.3″N 124°26′05.2″W / 49.486750°N 124.434778°W / 49.486750; -124.434778 (Sisters Islets Light) 14.7 km (9.1 mi) 005 Sisters Islets Lighthouse. 2 white flashes repeating every 15 seconds. ADD LABEL TO IMAGE
49°35′58″N 124°23′10″W / 49.59944°N 124.38611°W / 49.59944; -124.38611 (Wharves near Davie Bay) 27.7 km (17.2 mi) 010 Conspicuous wharves .5 km south of Davies Bay, Texada Island THESE TURNED OUT TO BE SISTERS
49°31′56.2″N 124°23′0.6″W / 49.532278°N 124.383500°W / 49.532278; -124.383500 (Fegan Islet Light) 20.5 km (12.7 mi) 308 Fegan Islets light off north end of Lasqueti Island Flashes white every 4 seconds.
49°35′15.24″N 124°21′33.83″W / 49.5875667°N 124.3593972°W / 49.5875667; -124.3593972 (Base of Texada Hydro Cut) 26.8 km (16.7 mi) 015 Base of Hydro cut on west side of Texada Island
49°29′15″N 124°21′39″W / 49.48750°N 124.36083°W / 49.48750; -124.36083 (False Bay) 16.3 km (10.1 mi) 308 Light at entrance to False Bay, Lasqueti Island Flashes white every 4 seconds.
49°50′23″N 123°36′52″W / 49.83972°N 123.61444°W / 49.83972; -123.61444 (Tzoonie Mountain) 81 km (50 mi) 048 Tzoonie Mountain, 2,123 m (6,965 ft) in the Tantalus Range VERIFY
49°48′59″N 123°37′48″W / 49.81639°N 123.63000°W / 49.81639; -123.63000 (Tzoonie SW3) 83.9 km (52.1 mi) in the Tantalus Range 050 Tzoonie SW3 with glaciated peak, 2,067 m (6,781 ft) in the Tantalus Range
49°26′16″N 124°10′24″W / 49.43778°N 124.17333°W / 49.43778; -124.17333 (Young Point) 38.3 km (23.8 mi) 065 Young Point, south end of Lasqueti Island
49°29′51″N 123°58′18″W / 49.49750°N 123.97167°W / 49.49750; -123.97167 (Spy Glass Hill, South Thormanby Island) 22.3 km (13.9 mi) 066 Spy Glass Hill, North Thormanby Island, about 150 m (490 ft)
49°36′27″N 123°34′02″W / 49.60750°N 123.56722°W / 49.60750; -123.56722 (Tetrahedron Peak) 69.9 km (43.4 mi) 066 Tetrahedron Peak 1,739 m (5,705 ft). The peaks on either side, each with some snow showing, are Mount Richardson (49°34′09.8″N 123°45′10.1″W / 49.569389°N 123.752806°W / 49.569389; -123.752806 (Mount Richardson) 66 km (41 mi)), 997 m (3,271 ft)*, to the left and Mount Crucil (49°34′09.1″N 123°39′33.8″W / 49.569194°N 123.659389°W / 49.569194; -123.659389 (Mount Crucil)

62.2 km (38.6 mi)), 1,315 m (4,314 ft), to the right of Tetrahedron.

49°25′25.3″N 124°11′34.9″W / 49.423694°N 124.193028°W / 49.423694; -124.193028 (Elephant Eye Light, Sangster Island) 20.4 km (12.7 mi) 068 Elephant Eye Light, south end of Sangster Island.
49°28′59″N 123°43′57″W / 49.48306°N 123.73250°W / 49.48306; -123.73250 (Sechelt BC) 54.1 km (33.6 mi) 075 Conspicuous open mines above Sechelt, BC
49°30′31.37″N 124°22′59.11″W / 49.5087139°N 124.3830861°W / 49.5087139; -124.3830861 (?) 17.9 km (11.1 mi) 016 North end of Lasqueti Island LABEL or maybe I have this already
49°24′N 124°00′W / 49.4°N 124°W / 49.4; -124 (?) 1 km (0.62 mi) (bearing) Harwood Island LABEL
49°24′N 124°00′W / 49.4°N 124°W / 49.4; -124 (?) 1 km (0.62 mi) (bearing) Blubber Bay at north end of Texada Island LABEL
49°42′04″N 124°32′59″W / 49.70111°N 124.54972°W / 49.70111; -124.54972 (Texada Mines) 37.4 km (23.2 mi) 353 Texada Mines LABEL
49°24′N 124°00′W / 49.4°N 124°W / 49.4; -124 (?) 1 km (0.62 mi) (bearing) Mainland peak to be identified
49°40′28″N 124°28′31″W / 49.67444°N 124.47528°W / 49.67444; -124.47528 (Gillies Bay) 34.1 km (21.2 mi) 001 Gillies Bay, Texada Island LABEL
49°29′11″N 124°26′06″W / 49.486454455753254°N 124.43488597869873°W / 49.486454455753254; -124.43488597869873 (Sisters Island Lighthouse) 13.6 km (8.5 mi) 015 Sisters Island Lighthouse off the north end of Lasqueti Island LABEL
49°35′22″N 124°21′28″W / 49.58944°N 124.35778°W / 49.58944; -124.35778 (Hydro cut) 26.2 km (16.3 mi) 020 Base of visible BC Hydro powerline cut.
49°30′00″N 124°23′23″W / 49.50000°N 124.38972°W / 49.50000; -124.38972 (Finerty Islands) 16.2 km (10.1 mi) 024 Finerty Islands off the north end of Lasqueti Island LABEL
49°36′49″N 124°18′15″W / 49.61361°N 124.30417°W / 49.61361; -124.30417 (Mount Grant) 30.2 km (18.8 mi) 025 Mount Grant, Texada Island 744m LABEL
49°29′29″N 124°21′04″W / 49.49139°N 124.35111°W / 49.49139; -124.35111 (False Bay) 16.7 km (10.4 mi) 035 False Bay, Lasqueti Island. Although there is a light in the harbour, it may not be visible from Qualicum Beach LABEL
49°32′03″N 124°11′13″W / 49.53417°N 124.18694°W / 49.53417; -124.18694 (Mount Shepherd) 28.3 km (17.6 mi) 049 Mount Shepherd, Texada Island 883 m. LABEL
49°28′29″N 124°16′52″W / 49.47472°N 124.28111°W / 49.47472; -124.28111 (Mount Trematon) 18.8 km (11.7 mi) 051 Mount Trematon, Lasqueti Island LABEL
49°24′N 124°00′W / 49.4°N 124°W / 49.4; -124 (?) 1 km (0.62 mi) (bearing) Mainland peak to be identified
49°27.1′N 124°17.5′W / 49.4517°N 124.2917°W / 49.4517; -124.2917 (Jenkins Island) 16.6 km (10.3 mi) 056 Jenkins Island LABEL
49°27′54″N 124°14′32″W / 49.46511191550435°N 124.24232482910156°W / 49.46511191550435; -124.24232482910156 (Boat Cove) 20.5 km (12.7 mi) 058 Boat Cove, Lasqueti Island LABEL
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References

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  1. ^ Using a Compass Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada
  2. ^ Magnetic declination Geological Survey of Canada Geomagnetism
  3. ^ Magnetic Declination CalculatorNatural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada
  4. ^ Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia
  5. ^ Atlas of Canada Natural Resources Canada
  6. ^ Morris, Frank; Heath, Willis R (1979). Marine Atlas, Vol 1 Olympia to Malcolm Island. Seattle: Bayless Enterprises.

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