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Canada--British Columbia

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Artificial Structures and Shorelines

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The Pacific coast of Canada accounts for 10.5% or 25,717 km of the total Canadian marine shoreline. It is a complex system of mountains, narrow coastal lowlands, and fjords. Dunn (1984) summarized the characteristics of each of these systems as follows:

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  1. Referral and Impact Analysis, Pacific & Yukon Region, Environment Canada, Conservation and Protection, Kapilano 100, Park Royal, West Vancouver, British Columbia, V7T 1A2, Canada

    M. W. Dunn

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  1. Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA

    H. Jesse Walker

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Dunn, M.W. (1988). Canada--British Columbia. In: Walker, H.J. (eds) Artificial Structures and Shorelines. The GeoJournal Library, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2999-9_49

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