Self Guided Kayaking Trips in Johnstone Strait
Johnstone Strait is a world class sea kayaking destination, a place where nature is raw and unspoiled. Visitors from around the world come here to sea kayak with orcas, humpback…
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
Family Friendly Trips
Three Family-Friendly Paddling Trips Near Vancouver
As the days warm up and COVID restrictions begin to loosen around the province, many people are looking for local paddling routes to help reconnect with nature. Three great options…
The $4000 Eagle
It was impossible to know for sure, but I would estimate about 300-400 Steller Sea Lions were out on the rocks. The squawking and scent were very intense. It can’t be emphasized enough, keep your distance.
Julee - one of the authors
Part 1: Paddling along the BC Marine Trails: Sunshine Coast, Thormanby & Jedediah Islands
It’s been said that there are three types of sea kayakers: coasters who like hugging the shoreline, crossers who like exposed jumps to offshore islands and circumnavigators who like to…
Rugged Coast
Rain, light and wind
Beautiful and wild. Mysterious and remote. Rugged Point is located on the west coast of northern Vancouver Island and near the southwest end of Kyuquot Channel. This place is incredible!…
Kirby Point
Kayaking the Deer Group
The Deer Group Islands are 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…
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, Walden Since Inside was…
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…