Narrows. Turbidity near the bottom, indicated by the muddy water in the 

 Narrows, may have caused the fish to move rapidly out of their depth. 

 Inflation of the air bladder would result from the reduced pressure and 

 cause them to surface. 



At Fair Harbor, Kyuquot Sound, the maximiim wave height reached to 

 21 feet (Figure T8), resulting in damage to bridges across the mud flats 

 at the head of the inlet. Only minor damage occurred at the camp of the 

 Tahsis Company. On the Amai Inlet of this Sound, at the camp of Jorgeson 

 Brothers, about half of the houses were shifted and some were carried up 

 the river. The small logging camp located on floats at Cachelot was not 

 affected by the tsunami. At Kyuquot, a small island community, a wave 

 equivalent to a IT-foot tide was reported (White, I966). 



At Winter Harbour in an inlet near the entrance to Quatsino Sound, 

 Vancouver Island (Figure 78), a wave equivalent to a l6-foot tide was 

 reported by the W. D. Moore Logging Company. Log -boom ground piles 

 were completely demolished by the first wave. A 38-foot tender was 

 carried out of one inlet by the recession of water after the first 

 crest, and was carried up another inlet and beached by the second crest. 



Port Alice, near the head of Neroutsos Inlet, is the location of a 

 pulp plant operated by Rayonier Canada. The maximum crest reached the 

 height of a 19-foot tide. Log booms were disarranged. Small wharves 

 were swept away, and some boats were lost. Little damage, however, 

 occurred in the town or at the plant (White, I966). 



Only small surges (about 1 foot in amplitude) were reported at Coal 

 Harbour in Holberg Inlet of Quatsino Sound. This inlet appeared to have 

 been protected by the narrow passage connecting it to Quatsino Sound, 

 and there was probably insufficient time for the transfer of water to 

 the inlet in response to the relatively rapid changes in water level 

 taking place in the outside channel. 



At Klaskino Inlet (Figure 78) the maximum crest reached 19 feet 

 above tidal datum. No damage occurred to the logging camp located on 

 floats . 



Although rough water prevented a landing in San Josef Bay, Vancouver 

 Island, soon after the earthquake, observations were made from the air 

 and photographs taken. In addition, reports were obtained from the Royal 

 Canadian Air Force Station at Holberg and from the W. D. Moore Logging 

 Company. It has been well established that large trees were swept from 

 the north bank of the river near its entrance into San Josef Bay by the 

 waves . Shifting of the sand bars from the north to the south bank of the 

 river mouth was reported. A clam bed, near the small stream entering the 

 river from the north, was denuded, and the stream was jammed with logs at 

 the tree line (White, 1966). 



In Queen Charlotte Strait, the Pioneer Timber Company at Port McNeill 

 reported a high water crest equivalent to a 17-foot tide. Pilings and 



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