Pages tagged British Columbia
Desolation Sound
The BC sound whose side arm, Pendrell Sound, hits 25°C in summer. Pacific oysters spawn there in the wild, and its seed stocks farms along the coast.
Effingham
A Barkley Sound oyster grown in trays under rafts in 200 to 700 feet of water, then moved deeper and colder before harvest so it does not spawn.
Imperial Eagle Channel
A west Vancouver Island oyster from Barkley Sound, finished on the beach. Narrow, very deep shells with pink, purple and orange swirls; strong salt and a short finish.
Nootka Sound
A beach oyster from the outer coast of Vancouver Island. Teardrop shells striped purple and dusty rose, white meat, black mantle, and a finish that hints at anise.
Okeover Inlet
A sheltered BC inlet near Powell River, farmed for oysters since about 1955. Some two dozen leases grow them on beaches and on lines and trays hung from floats.
Quadra Island
A cocktail-sized BC Pacific, tray-grown for about two years. White shells flecked with pink and brown; green apple and tarragon in the taste.
Cortes Island
A small island at the top of the Strait of Georgia, where Klahoose First Nation farms oysters on 112 hectares of tenures around Squirrel Cove.
How Japan Saved French Oysters
More than five billion Japanese spat, 562 metric tons of Canadian broodstock, and a debt France repaid after the 2011 tsunami. The rescue behind every French cupped oyster.
Baynes Sound
The 40-km channel behind Denman Island that grows more of British Columbia's oysters than anywhere else, including Fanny Bay and Kusshi.
Deep Bay
A small bay on Vancouver Island that is home to both the tumbled Kusshi and Vancouver Island University's shellfish research station.
Fanny Bay
One of the first British Columbia oysters to be sold widely, tray-raised in Baynes Sound and known for a cucumber finish and fluted shells.
Kusshi
A small Pacific oyster tumbled for years until its shell is smooth and round, graded to the millimeter, with a bright cucumber finish.