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Monthly Archives: July 2012
Skinny dipping in Teakerne Arm
24 June 2012 Near the bottom of a deep Cove which obtained the name of Cascade Cove about a mile & a half to the North East of the Ship there was a beautifull Waterfall which issued from a … Continue reading
Life and Death, Flaming Passage
21 June 2012 It was the longest day of the year. We were blessed with sunshine, water warm enough for a swim and the pleasure of a lazy row down the inlet past natural arbutus gardens—the great savour of life. … Continue reading
North of 50
20 June 2012 Isabel Bay, Lancelot Inlet, Malaspina Inlet, Desolation Sound Desolation Sound! The Sound was named by Captain Vancouver in a fit of melancholy and longing for the flatter green fields of his home; unlike his younger crew who … Continue reading
Texada Island—“Sheet Harbour West”
18-19 June 2012 As we were reaching up the Malaspina Strait, we debated about where we should make a reprovisioning stop before we arrived in Desolation Sound. A resort marina near Grief Point was pricey and commuting to Powell River … Continue reading
“I’ve lost my rudder in the chuck!” (More Coast Guard Tales)
16 June 2012 What do you do when you hear someone cry out over the radio, “I’ve lost my rudder in the chuck?” If you’re the Comox Coast Guard Station, you reply immediately: “Station who reported losing its rudder in … Continue reading
To the Trapper’s Cabin (Accidental Geocachers)
15 June 2012 As soon as we docked at Princess Louisa, everyone asked, “are you going to the trapper’s cabin?” We had no idea what they were talking about—the trapper’s cabin? Apparently some distance upward was a cabin, a ruin … Continue reading
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Tagged geogache, Muriel Wylie Blanchet, Princess Louisa Inlet, The Curve of Time, trapper's cabin
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Eyes Rubbed Raw by Beauty
13-16 June 2012 Wednesday-Saturday Princess Louisa Inlet What a place! We smelled cool fresh water as soon as we turned the corner into the foot of the inlet, though we’d already begun to hear the rush of the falls even … Continue reading
Sailing up Jervis Inlet II (Literary Interlude)
No matter where we went or what we felt or observed, no matter how new to us our experiences were, no matter how solitary the voyage seemed, we were never alone. Wherever we arrived hosts of others had already or … Continue reading
Sailing up Jervis Inlet I
13 June 2012 The cruising guides warn sailors to be prepared for a long motor up Jervis Inlet, a 46 mile fjord, if they’re headed to Princess Louisa Inlet and Chatterbox Falls. If you’re lucky, they say, you might have … Continue reading
Downpour
12 June 2012 Tuesday Pender Harbour Rain drums steadily on the deck and hatches and streams of water roll off the canvas. It is a day of cedar-tinged twilight until evening, which brings descending fog and still more rain. They … Continue reading
West by East 