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The island's business centre ("Downtown") consists of one general store (containing the post office, gas station and government liquor store), a natural foods store/cafe, a hardware store, a bookstore, craft stores, a bakery/cafe, a real estate office, two community halls ("The Seniors Hall" and "The Community Hall"), the museum, and streetlights. Denman is famous for its summer dances, the Martini Lounge Cabaret, quiet roads (except when Hornby ferry traffic is crossing Denman on the "Hornby 500"), a community school, and an excellent soccer field lovingly built and maintained by islanders. There is beautiful scenery and a mostly tolerant lifestyle. Bananarchy was founded on Denman Island. Many artists have made Denman Island their home for decades, and as a result, the local community has a thriving artistic community with art shows throughout the summer (when the squash court in the Seniors Hall is transformed into a gallery). Denman boasts an excellent monthly newspaper called The Flagstone. The island has a land area of 51.03 km&2 (19.7 sq mi). Its surrounding beaches produce some of the best oysters in the world. VEGETATION AND SOILS Much of the western part of Denman Island is covered by a luxuriant forest dominated by Douglas-fir , Western Hemlock and Western Red Cedar on deep gravelly loam glacial till. Some areas have shallow soils over Sandstone or Shale . The eastern part has a loamy sand on which Arbutus is frequently present. All of these soils were classed as Brown Podzolic in a 1959 soil survey. The northern part has been largely stripped of its tree cover and regeneration may be relatively slow on its sandy Podzol s, which are infertile and have classic Eluvial Horizon development in most cases. EXTERNAL LINKS REFERENCES Day, J.H., L. Farstad, and D.G. Laird, 1959. Soil Survey of Southeast Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands, British Columbia. B.C. Soil Survey, Rept. No. 6, Can. Dept. Agric. |
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