Description of the areas for British Columbia
The area identified as British Columbia on the map is the entire province of British Columbia described by its geopolitical boundaries with Yukon, the Northwest Territories, the province of Alberta, and the United States of America, and includes the internal waters of Canada adjacent to British Columbia encompassed by the eradication area inner limit of the territorial sea and the eradication area outer limit, except for the area described as Columbia River Watershed.
The area identified as Columbia River Watershed on the map is that part of the province of British Columbia where waters drain into the Columbia River encompassed by the province's geopolitical boundaries with the province of Alberta and the United States of America and the watershed boundaries within the province of British Columbia that delineates the watershed of the Columbia River.
The area identified as Arctic Ocean Watershed on the map is that part of the province of British Columbia where the waters drain into the Arctic Ocean encompassed by the province's geopolitical boundaries with Yukon, the Northwest Territories and the province of Alberta, and the watershed boundary within the province of British Columbia that separates the Arctic Ocean Watershed from the Pacific Ocean Watershed.
The area identified as Pacific Ocean Watershed on the map is that part of the province of British Columbia where the waters drain into the Pacific Ocean encompassed by the province's geopolitical boundaries with Yukon, the province of Alberta and the United States of America, and the watershed boundary within the province of British Columbia that separates the Pacific Ocean Watershed from the Arctic Ocean Watershed, and includes the internal waters of Canada adjacent to British Columbia encompassed by the eradication area inner limit of the territorial sea and eradication area outer limit.
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This map of the territorial sea and contiguous zone of Canada in the Pacific Ocean has been produced by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and contains Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS) data, pursuant to CHS MOU 2020-0705-1260-C.
CHS boundaries and limits data included in this map should not be relied upon for precise positioning, for example without limiting the generality of the foregoing, for navigation, laying cable or pipelines, mooring, anchoring, dredging, trenching or geographic positioning applications.
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