Crossing Salish Sea
Crossing the Salish Sea by Nick Heath
I had long wanted to paddle across the Strait of Georgia and more so after helping to plan the Salish Sea Marine Trail from Vancouver to Victoria. So, paddling across…
Coastal Journeys are a series of articles about trips along the BC coastline. The journeys may be about popular locations along the coastline, such as, the Broken Group Islands or Gulf Islands, where there is generally safer conditions for ocean paddling or journeys about an adventure on the Central Coast or Cape Scott on Vancouver Island
Kirby Point
Kayaking the Deer Group
The Deer Group Islandsare a group of islands in the south east corner of Barkley Sound, British Columbia. We accessed the three main island on the west end of the…
Careless Cove from Camp
Careless Cove forever after
You can sometimes count mistakes in dollars. In this case it can be marked on a chart. Martin Ryer’s account of having his boat and paddle taken by the evening…
Solo Paddling; Inside Passage
Why I Paddle Solo
I am often asked why I prefer going on long sea kayaking trips by myself. Concerns are usually stated in terms such as; “Aren’t you scared to be alone, what…
Delicious Solitude by Susan Conrad
Beguiled by the Wild’s Delicious Solitude
Susan Conrad answers the question: why solo?I have, as it were, my own sun and moon and stars, and a little world all to myself…~Henry David Thoreau, WaldenSince Inside was released in mid-May,…
Brown Bear by Denis Dwyer
Brown Bear Encounter on Price Island
It was one of those frightening life changing moments that are set apart from all others and become seared deeply into ones memory.I had been paddling for 38 days since…
Broken Group Islands
The Broken Group Islands and a broken float plan
As I become more and more experienced with sea kayaking I find the more and more I deviate from the routing as outlined in my float plan. To quote Robert…
Wolf Beach
Kayaking outer Calvert Island
Jon Dawkins tackles the open outer shores of Hakai. I left Blackney Beach while the NW wind was at 10 knots with the knowledge that it would build. The forecast…
Kayaking the Great Bear Rainforest
Fred Pishlaski and group tackle their longest trip yet through the Great Bear Rainforest. Here's Fred's report.In late July 2009, Alan Campbell, Robert Dill, Henry Graymen David Maxwell, Mike McMann,…