Bute Inlet Geo-Hazards & Ramsay West - 2024 - Airborne Coastal Observatory

10.21966/8yp1-7m94

The Homalco First Nation (HFN) has secured funding through the Indigenous Watersheds Initiative (IWI) to advance two critical projects aimed at protecting and understanding their ancestral lands. The first project focuses on assessing watershed health across Xwémalhkwu (Homalco) Territory, which includes vital ecosystems supporting fish, wildlife, and the broader ecological balance. The second project targets identifying and evaluating geomorphic threats, such as landslides, erosion, and sedimentation, which could affect watershed stability and the health of aquatic habitats. Together, these initiatives aim to enhance the Nation's capacity to manage their lands sustainably while addressing current and future environmental challenges. Hakai Institute has been invited to play a key role in these projects, offering its expertise in watershed analysis and geomorphology. Hakai’s contributions will involve delineating and characterizing sub-watersheds within the Homathko, Southgate, and Orford watersheds—major river systems within Homalco territory.

The Hakai Institute’s Airborne Coastal Observatory (ACO) is an advanced platform for environmental monitoring and research that uses state-of-the-art airborne technologies to collect high-resolution data along coastal regions. The data collected by the ACO in Bute Inlet supports a hazard assessment carried out by Pierre Friele to identify potential glacial lake outburst floods (GLOF) hazards, as well as debris flows and other landslide potential.

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Metadata Reference Date(s) April 01, 2025 (Publication)
April 01, 2025 (Revision)
Data Reference Date(s) August 08, 2024 (Creation)
October 31, 2024 (Publication)
Frequency of Update As Needed

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data@hakai.org
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Hakai Geospatial
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data@hakai.org
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Ocean Variables Other
Scope Dataset
Status Completed
Topic Category oceans
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North Bounding Latitude 51.73
South Bounding Latitude 50.23
East Bounding Longitude -124.1
West Bounding Longitude -125.5
Temporal Extent
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2024-08-08
End
2024-08-31
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2500.0
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https://doi.org/10.21966/8yp1-7m94
Projects
  1. Geospatial
  2. Airborne Coastal Observatory
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Included in Data Catalogue 1
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Hakai Data Catalogue
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Science on the Coastal Margin
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