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The Sound of Running Water–Butedale Cannery
22 July 2012 We had planned to sail by Butedale, and rush onward to the hot springs at Bishop Bay. But as we rounded the corner into Fraser Reach, BC Ferry’s Northern Expedition headed towards us, forcing us in closer … Continue reading
Mysterious Music (Khutze Inlet)
21 July 2012 Klemtu to Khutze Inlet A pattering of rain all night, but come morning, there were glimmers of sun. The fog lifted, the wind rose; we could see and count the mountaintops. And then they disappeared: fog and … Continue reading
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Tagged BC Ferries, bears, Heikish Narrows, Khutze Inlet, Klemtu, Northern Adventure, Ocean Harvest, Ohio Rock, salmon, SS Ohio, sunset, whale music
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In Klemtu Anchorage
19-20 July 2012, Klemtu Anchorage (Clothes Bay) Marike Muses Anchored in Klemtu Anchorage, a mile south of the public wharves. It rained all afternoon. At 13h00 Zulu, we left No Name. That was morning where we were. Zulu time so … Continue reading
Why We Like Outposts
17-19 July 2012 Codville Lagoon Marine Park, King Island, Fisher Channel/ Shearwater, Denny Island & Bella Bella (Waglisla), Campbell Island/ Unnamed cove on Cunningham Island, off of Troup Passage We would have liked to stay in Codville Lagoon and hike … Continue reading
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Tagged Bella Bella, Central Coast, Dungeness crabs, horseflies, prawns, provisioning, repairs, Shearwater
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Learning to Read the Weather
13-17 July 2012 Little Frypan, Penrose Island/ Codville Lagoon, King Island When you arrive on a new coast and listen to the weather forecast, the first challenge is to figure out where the weather reporting stations in your general region … Continue reading
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Tagged Bella Bella, Central Coast, Codville Lagoon, Fisher Channel, Fitzhugh Sound, Fury Cove, Little Frypan, Sagar Lake, unpredictable weather, weather, wind
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Rounding Cape Caution to Fury Cove and the Central Coast (Paradise!)
8-12 July 2012 Mound Island/Port McNeill/Blunden Harbour/Cape Caution/Fury Cove We met up again with our friends Rick and Dawn on Kalagan at Mound Island, and crossed Blackfish Sound to Port McNeill, near the top edge of Vancouver Island. There, to … Continue reading
Circumnavigating Gilford Island (Indulging a Longing for Inlets)
6 July 2012 Viner Sound/Tribune Channel/Bond Inlet and the Ahta River/Sargeaunt Passage/Knight Inlet/Tsakonu Cove After days of rain and fog, summer suddenly arrived in the Broughton, hot and bright. We stayed moored to the Forest Service buoy in Viner Sound … Continue reading
Fishing Lessons II (In which we kill a lingcod and learn to fillet it)
4 July 2012 Viner Sound, BC We were moored to a Forestry Service buoy in Viner Sound and our provisions were running low. A fresh fish would be lovely, we thought. Our friend Rick, who had persuaded us to come … Continue reading
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Tagged Bald Eagle, bears, fishing, Kalagan, lingcod, the Broughton Archipelago, the Broughton Islands, the Broughtons, Viner Sound
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The Sound of Something Vanishing (Billy Procter)
2 July 2012 Echo Bay, Gilford Island, BC We were eager to meet Billy Proctor, a lifelong resident of Echo Bay, now in his 70s. Billy had worked as a fisherman, a hand logger, a beachcomber, a salvager, and an … Continue reading
Echo Bay
When we first began sailing in British Columbia in 2011, we met many people who talked about how damaging and contentious salmon farming was in the province. They talked about how dangerous salmon farms are to the wild salmon fishery—one … Continue reading
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