BC North Coast Dilbit Spill — Impact Scenario Explorer

Kitimat · Prince Rupert · Nasoga Gulf tanker routes through Douglas Channel / Dixon Entrance / Hecate Strait · what-if tool

⚠ Illustrative model — not an emergency plan ⚖ Counterfactual — crude tankers banned here (C-48) ↩ South Coast (TMX) app ⚓ Marine incidents map North Coast brief
Kitimat route Rupert / Nasoga route Charted danger reef Oil on water Benzene / VOC plume Wind → plume drift Tidal current (flood/ebb) Net slick drift
◔ How likely? — spill probability & return period
return period for a spill ≥ this size
annual probability
over 50 yr of operation
Seen enough? Ottawa confirmed in July 2026 that the North Coast tanker ban stays — this map shows exactly what it protects. Tell your MP to keep it iron-clad — no exemptions, no workarounds — and that the Salish Sea, where the tankers would now go, has no such ban.

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