Tag Archives: the Broughton Islands

Circumnavigating Gilford Island (Indulging a Longing for Inlets)

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Karin Cope

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 →

Posted in 2012 | Tagged Ahta River, bears, Billy Proctor, Bond Inlet, Gilford Island, Knight Inlet, Lacy Falls, rhinoderos auklets, the Broughton Islands, the Broughtons, Tribune Channel, Viner Sound | 6 Comments

Fishing Lessons II (In which we kill a lingcod and learn to fillet it)

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Karin Cope

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 →

Posted in 2012 | Tagged Bald Eagle, bears, fishing, Kalagan, lingcod, the Broughton Archipelago, the Broughton Islands, the Broughtons, Viner Sound | Leave a comment

The Sound of Something Vanishing (Billy Procter)

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Karin Cope

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 →

Posted in 2012 | Tagged Alexandra Morton, Bill Williams, Billy Proctor, Billy's Museum, Eastern Shore, Echo Bay, Ramey Munroe, Salmon Coast Field Station, salmon farms, salmon forest, the Broughton Islands, the Broughtons | 3 Comments

Searching for Pictographs (Dinghy Anthropology)

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Karin Cope

We admit it, we like to make fun of the way several Europeans we know carry out anthropological investigations. (No names will be mentioned.) They seem to believe that they are immersing themselves in the history of First Nations’ cultures … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 | Tagged anthropology, Berry Island, Kwakwaka'wakw artifacts, pictograph, the Broughton Islands | 1 Comment

Potts Lagoon

Posted on September 8, 2012 by Karin Cope

28-30 June 2012 Potts Lagoon is a still surviving although not exactly thriving float home community anchored in a narrow cove on West Cracroft Island near the outlet of a lagoon. Named after Murray Clarke Potts, an Ontario student of … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 | Tagged bears, berries, birds, Eastern Shore, float homes, hard economic times, Potts Lagoon, the Broughton Islands, the Broughtons | 4 Comments