Jackson Rock

Fulford Harbor, like pretty much everything else on Saltspring Island, is oriented NW-SE, reflecting the underlying geologic structure of the islands sedimentary rocks. Last week, during our annual trip to the island, I paddled from the head of the harbor out to Wen,Na,Nec (August 2013) and Jackson Rock, then back on the other side.

AERIAL VIEW

The northeast side of the harbor (the Fulford/Reginald Hill side) is steep and rocky and there are few beaches. The southwest side (from Drummond Park out toward Isabella Point) is a little more gradual and includes both more erodible glacial? sediments and a stream mouth or two, so the beaches are a little better developed.

Here on Jackson Rock, the only material available to build the tiny beaches is broken shell. And the orientation of the beaches and bars is a messy function of the islets' irregular configuration and bathymetry.