The rugged terrain of Hornby Island is formed from sediments of the upper Nanaimo Group which are also widely exposed on adjacent Denman Island and the southern Gulf Islands. To understand the ground we are walking upon, we need to peel back the layers of time. Hornby has a total stratigraphic thickness of 1350 m of upper Nanaimo Group marine sandstone, conglomerate and shales. These
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