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'''Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre''' is a [[marine]] research station established in [1972], located in [[Bamfield, British Columbia]] and run by [[University of Victoria |
'''Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre''' is a [[marine]] research station established in [[1972]], located in [[Bamfield, British Columbia]] and run by the [[University of Victoria]], the [[University of British Columbia]], [[Simon Fraser University]], the [[University of Alberta]] and the [[University of Calgary]]. The Centre hosts numerous public education programs in marine related science. |
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The centre is housed in the original building used as the western terminus of the British Empire's worldwide undersea cable called the [[All Red Line]]. Originally the site of the Pacific Cable Board (PCB) Cable Station, which served as the eastern terminus of the trans- |
The centre is housed in the original building used as the western terminus of the British Empire's worldwide undersea cable called the [[All Red Line]]. Originally the site of the Pacific Cable Board (PCB) Cable Station, which served as the eastern terminus of the trans-Pacific [[telegraph]] cable linking [[Canada]] to [[Tabuaeran|Fanning Island]] (1,600 kilometres south of [[Hawaii]]). The telegraph cable operated from [[1901]] to [[1959]]. |
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Revision as of 00:19, 4 August 2006
Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre is a marine research station established in 1972, located in Bamfield, British Columbia and run by the University of Victoria, the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary. The Centre hosts numerous public education programs in marine related science.
The centre is housed in the original building used as the western terminus of the British Empire's worldwide undersea cable called the All Red Line. Originally the site of the Pacific Cable Board (PCB) Cable Station, which served as the eastern terminus of the trans-Pacific telegraph cable linking Canada to Fanning Island (1,600 kilometres south of Hawaii). The telegraph cable operated from 1901 to 1959.