Flores Island by Land or by Sea Kayak: Two Great Ways to Explore “The Wild Side” of Clayoquot Sound

If you spend enough time exploring British Columbia’s outer coast, you’ll eventually hear a reverent hush when someone mentions Cow Bay on the wild west coast of Flores Island. Located…

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Clara and I on day 58 — the final morning of our trip.

Circumnavigating Vancouver Island by Kayak

On July 6, 2025, Clara Hudacin and I pushed off a quiet Salt Spring Island beach and took the first of over one million paddle strokes that would take us around Vancouver Island. It was a sunny, calm afternoon. Fifty-eight days later, after paddling 730 nautical miles (1,350 km), our bows scraped up onto that same beach to complete a trip that I had been dreaming of for more than four years.

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When Big Boats Don’t See You: Paddling Safety Lessons from a Close Call in Sansum Narrows

If you’ve spent any time paddling in coastal waters, you know how peaceful, and sometimes how unpredictable, the ocean can be. For small boaters, especially kayakers, one of the biggest…

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