The Campbell River community observatory is located within Kwakwaka'wakw and Coast Salish Territory, an area known as Leqwildox in the Kwak'wala language. The Campbell River community observatory, installed March 2016 is one of several community observatories being installed along the coast of British Columbia. As coastal communities face a wide range of rapid environmental changes, real-time data from cabled observatories can be used by community members when making informed decisions about their coastal and marine resources.
Depth: -6 to 10 m
Setting: Coastal British Columbia, Campbell River
Studies: Coastal monitoring, surface currents, waves