Sandspit

Sandspit (53˚15'00" 131˚49'00" NE end of Moresby I, QCI), Sandspit Point (51˚41'00" 128˚07'00" NW side of Calvert I, Hakai Pass, S of Bella Bella). Sandspits are common geographical features on the BC coast. These narrow, low-lying tongues of sand and shingle, which can project into the sea or partway across an inlet, are formed by “longshore drift,” where sedimentary material is driven along a coastline by oblique wave action, then deposited at an angle to the shore by backwash or a...

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