The Eastern Vancouver Island ecoregion stretches along the eastern slopes of the Vancouver Island Ranges to the Pacific Ocean. It supports more biological diversity than anywhere else in the province and contains many of BC’s most ecologically significant estuaries.

Major rivers include the Cowichan and Campbell rivers along with several lakes and inland waters, covering approximately 3.8% of the land base. Wetlands are very rare and only comprise 0.7% of the ecoregion. There are approximately 2,092 kilometres of marine shoreline, including estuaries and river deltas. Numerous species of shorebird, seabirds and waterfowl inhabit or migrate through these areas during the year.
~ Nature Conservancy Canada: Eastern Vancouver Island (opens a pdf report)

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