Topographic Profiles A very useful exercise for understanding what topographic maps represent is the construction of a topographic profile. A topographic profile is a cross-sectional view along a line drawn through a portion of a topographic map. In other words, if you could slice through a portion of the earth, pull away one half, and look at it from the side, the surface would be a topographic profile.
Vancouver Island is separated from mainland British Columbia by the Strait of Georgia and Queen Charlotte Strait, and from Washington by the Juan De Fuca Strait.Vancouver Island, located in British Columbia, Canada, is the largest Pacific island east of New Zealand.While the city of Vancouver stands on the North American mainland, Victoria, the capital city of British Columbia, is located on the island.long with most of the southern Gulf Islands, plus various minor islands offshore from its southern end, the southern part of Vancouver Island is the only part of British Columbia (and of Western Canada) that lies south of the 49th Parallel.
Campsite of November 3, 1805 ... Government Island ... Government Island, and two smaller islands (Lemon and McGuire) are located in the center of the Columbia River, between River Mile (RM) 111.5 and River Mile (RM) 118. Three miles downstream lies Hayden Island and just upstream is Lady Island.he downstream tip of Government Island (downstream of the Interstate 205 Bridge) is Lemon Island, and two smaller islands are on the north side of Lemon Island. The larger (0.8-miles in length) is referred to as Tri-Club Island, and the smaller is unnamed.