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Originally Posted by Beedok
I like that one of the rainiest places in Canada is called the Sunshine Coast.
Very beautiful landscape.
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Excuse me, but in fact, The Sunshine Coast is NOT one of the rainiest places in Canada. It gets less less than 40 inches of rain per year, and nearly 2100 hours of sunshine, due to the "rain shadow" of Vancouver Island. In addition, it is milder in winter than Vancouver, and if you go there, you'll see several species of hardy palm trees growing in gardens, as well as a lot of arbutus (madrona) trees, a broad-leafed evergreen typical of
Csb (dry summer) climates. Finally, not being located at the mouth of an open or wide valley, there are much fewer instances of cold "gap winds" such as in the Fraser Valley, or higher up on Bute Inlet.
Believe it or not, The Sunshine Coast, does live up to its name.