Project Watershed is pleased to provide some of its geographic information for use in Google Earth™ on an experimental basis.
Google Earth™ is a fully featured spatial discovery tool, available free for download at http://earth.google.com/ Using an XML format called KML (Keyhole Markup Language) users are able to create their own features for display in Google Earth™.
Warning: These are currently experimental data sets and subject to change without notice. They may be inaccurate or out of date.
Comox Valley
Here is a file that allows you to zoom immediately to the Comox Valley
Puntledge River Basin Puntledge River 50k
These links allow Google Earth™ access to 1:50,000 scale watershed information for the Puntledge River.
Puntledge River 20k (2MB)
This link uses Google Earth™ to access 1:20,000 scale watershed information for the Puntledge River. Check out the three-dimensional abilities of Google Earth™ with this layer. For best viewing, make sure that you turn on the Terrain group in Google Earth and find the slider tool for tilting the viewer.
Comox Valley Streams and Rivers 20k (3MB) Comox Valley Selected Fish Points 20k
These files show 1:20,000 scale or better watershed data for the entire Comox Valley. The first is a large file showing fish streams. It will take some time to download and will slow Google Earth™ down considerably (uncheck it to turn it off). The second represents a few points from our Sensitive Habitat Inventory and Mapping (SHIM) database.
Comox Valley History and Geography
The file is broken up into towns, industry, recreation and geography. Not all the placemarks are switched on to begin with; you may enable them by checking the box beside or check the entire folder.
Source material comipled by Google Earth Community member Devinder42, including brochures from the Province of British Columbia, Cumberland Heritage; A selected history of people, buildings, institutions & sites - J. N. Barr, Shingles & Shells; a history of Fanny Bay - A. Olson , One Hundred Spirited Years; a history of Cumberland - Isenor, Stephens & Watson, Island Timber - R.S. Mackie, The Royal Navy and the Northwest Coast of North America - B.M. Gough, Robert Dunsmuir, Laird of the Mines - L. Bowen, Ghost Towns of Vancouver Island - T.W. Pzterson, Comox Memories - J Hagen, The Life and Times of the Comox Valley - J.A. Krause and the Cumberland Museum.
New! Google Earth Maps 
