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Qualicum Beach summary
Qualicum Beach is a town located in the Regional District of Nanaimo, British Columbia. As of the 2006 census, the town had a total population of 8,502.
Located on the Strait of Georgia on the eastern coast of Vancouver Island in the shadow of Mount Arrowsmith, the community has been a popular tourist destination
for residents of Victoria and Vancouver as well as a retirement community. It is served by the Island Highway (the main North-South highway on the Island) and by
a daily train. The community is dotted with rental cottages along the coastline. It has the oldest average population in Canada.
Qualicum Beach is frequently, although informally, grouped as a twin city with the neighbouring city of Parksville.
According to Statistics Canada, the town has a total area of 12.45 square kilometers (4.80 sq mi) as of 2001.
Qualicum Beach is located on the Nanaimo lowlands, a narrow plain which lies between the Georgia Basin to the east and the Vancouver Island Ranges to the west.
Landforms were significantly affected by the most recent advance of glacial ice which occurred about 18,000 to 19,000 years ago.
The area has cool wet winters with 80 to 85% of the precipitation falling between October and April. The average annual precipitation is 1,314 millimetres (51.73 in).
Mean daily temperature range from 1 to 3 °C (34 to 37 °F) in January with cloud and rain from north Pacific air masses dominating the winter weather. High pressure ridges
over the mainland can block easterly air flows bringing snow and freezing tempearatures during winter but do not persist as moist westerly winds bring above freezing
temperatures. North Pacific high pressure cells influence summer weather which is warm, dry and cloudless. July and August have mean precipitation of 17 millimetres
(0.67 in) and mean maximum temperatures of 25 °C (77 °F). Although winter precipitation results in surplus moisture at the start of the growing season, summer, particularly
July and August, are drought prone. With the longest freeze free days in Canada, at 180 days per year, the Nanaimo lowlands area is favourable for agriculture. The area is
within the small Coastal Douglas Fir biogeograpic zone which is considered to be the finest climate in Canada. The Vancouver Island Ranges, an inland range mountains which
includes nearby Mount Arrowsmith, shadows rainfall. This biogeographic area can support Garry Oak and Arbutus which do not exist elsewhere in Canada. Wildlife include:
black-tailed deer, Roosevelt elk, black bear, and Cougar; although with the presence of human population deer, racoons and other rodents remain prevalent. Soil types in the
area, classified as Orthic Dystric Brunisols, vary from marginal to unsuitable for agriculture as they tend to be gravelly loam with fertility limited by aridity and stoniness
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