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| | Fisheries and Oceans Canada | Pacific Region |Science|Institute of Ocean Sciences |
 | | Located in Sidney, approximately 30 km from Victoria, the Institute is home to scientists, technicians, support staff and ships' crews whose common interests are the coastal waters of British Columbia, the Northeast Pacific Ocean, the Western Arctic and navigable waters east to the Manitoba, Saskatchewan border. |
 | | The town of Sidney, at the east end of the airport, is approximately 30km north of Victoria, about 75km across the Strait of Georgia from Vancouver, and about 100km across Juan de Fuca Strait and Puget Sound from Seattle, Washington, USA. |
 | | Swartz Bay, a few kilometers north of IOS and Sidney, is the place where the Vancouver car ferries berth. |
| www-sci.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca /sci/facilities/ios_e.htm (160 words) |
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