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| | Bamfield, British Columbia, Canada |
 | | The Bamfield community, with a population of around 200, is surrounded by Crown land, Indian Reserves, and portions of the Pacific Rim National Park, ensuring protection of unspoiled marine environments from excessive development. |
 | | The Bamfield Cable station was constructed in 1902, with an underwater cable laid in October of the same year, spanning nearly 4,000 miles of the Pacific from Bamfield to Fanning Island, a tiny coral atoll in the mid-Pacific. |
 | | Bamfield is renowned as a bird watching area, with a wide variety of birds, including bald eagles, ospreys, and herons, and the endangered marbled murrelet and spotted owl. |
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