Poetry with Purpose – Living Through Earthquakes
Not sure where Deep Bay got its name but it might have been from the 1946 earthquake that caused the bottom of Deep Bay to sink up to 84 feet in places. The quake struck Vancouver Island with a magnitude of 7.3 on the Richter Scale, the strongest quake ever recorded on land in Canada. The main shock epicenter occurred in the Forbidden Plateau area northwest of Courtenay. This was one of the most damaging earthquakes in the history of British Columbia, but damage was restricted mainly to property because the area was sparsely populated at that time. The Forbidden Plateau Quake was the last big quake on the island.
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