Hi Carol,

A sidetrip to Vancouver or Victoria is about as practical as one from
here to Seattle (grin), inotherwords I'll be seeing you there...wild
horses couldn't keep me away from the first COA convention within
my travelling distance! To answer your question: Vancouver is a 3hr
drive north from Seattle, there are also ferries that will take you
to Victoria on Vancouver Island right from the Seattle area. But,
you don't need to leave that area to collect shells; there are some
fantastic shelling areas very close in: Tacoma Narrows being excellent.

I don't know much about restrictions, as each area has its own. I
think generally you can collect whatever you want, eccept Haliotis,
but when there are restrictions they are usually for edible clams.

See you in 2003,

Peter Egerton



At 08:45 PM 9/4/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Peter,
>
>Enjoyed your site.  Since we are to have the COA convention near Seattle in
>2003 how practical would a side trip be to BC?  And what type of
>restrictions does BC (or Canada for that matter) have on shell collecting?
>
>~Carol
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Peter Egerton" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 11:29 PM
>Subject: Updated Seashells of British Columbia
>
>
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Collector of worldwide Mollusca, lifetime student
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