Sayward Valley

Sayward Valley is a low-lying area in northeastern Vancouver Island. It is occupied by a floodplain of the Sayward River. The soils there have variable drainage and are mostly of silt loam texture. Upland soils in the valley have clay loam to gravelly loamy sand texture and show podzol profile development in most cases.

Forest vegetation is dominated by large Douglas-fir, western hemlock and western red cedar. Other large trees include grand fir (at its northern limit), Sitka spruce, western white pine, black cottonwood, red alder and bigleaf maple.

Communities in the valley are Kelsey Bay and Sayward.

Reference

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.