Sailing through the Fraser River Plume
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If you take the Tsawwassen ferry from Vancouver to Vancouver Island during the summer you may find yourself sailing through a dramatic shift in the colour of the ocean surface. This is the boundary between ocean water and the less saline, more sediment-rich river waters from the mouth of the Fraser River. You are sailing through the Fraser River Plume.
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