Robson Bight (Michael Bigg) Ecological Reserve was established in 1982 as a sanctuary for killer whales. The area, 10 km south east of Telegraph Cove and 40 km from Port McNeill, British Columbia, is restricted. Access by boat or land is prohibited. The Robson Bight Warden Program is operated by Cetus Research and Conservation Society. This program educates visitors to the area about the Ecological Reserve and asks visitors to remain outside the Ecological Reserve boundaries. The Reserve extends 1 km offshore from markers at either end of the Reserve. The total area of the reserve, including upland and foreshore, is 5,460 hectares.[2] It is named after the late killer whale researcher Michael Bigg.
Namingedit
Robson Bight is named for Lieutenant Commander Charles Rufus Robson of the gunboat HMS Forward who died in Victoria, British Columbia on November 5, 1861, from a fall from a horse after a commendable career.[3]: 426 [4]: 228
Barge Spilledit
On August 20, 2007, a barge carrying vehicles and forestry equipment lost 11 pieces of equipment within the boundaries of the protected area. On April 18, 2008, the British Columbia Ministry of the Environment announced that the federal and provincial governments would share the expense of salvaging the equipment.[5] The equipment, which was 350 m below the surface and contained 10,000 litres of diesel fuel, was successfully recovered on May 20, 2009, by first surrounding the sunken tanker truck with a yellow container to prevent fuel loss and then raising it by crane to a floating barge.[6]
^Ministry of Environment, BC Parks. "Robson Bight (Michael Bigg) Ecological Reserve". Retrieved 2008-06-05.
^Walbran, Captain John T. (1971). (Facsimile reprint of 1909 ed.). Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre. ISBN0-88894-143-9. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03.
^Akrigg, G.P.V.; Akrigg, Helen B. (1986), British Columbia Place Names (3rd, 1997 ed.), Vancouver: UBC Press, ISBN0-7748-0636-2
^"GOVERNMENTS PLAN TO SALVAGE ROBSON BIGHT WRECKAGE" (Press release). British Columbia Ministry of Environment. April 18, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
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