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!…
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 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…
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…
Haida Gwaii unloading at camp
Kayaking Haida Gwaii
In mid August 2011, Alan Campbell, Robert Dill, Henry Graymen David Maxwell, Ron Painter, Rob Zacharias and I headed up towards Haida Gwaii (formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands)…
Cape Scott
It was a gorgeous, summer morning with a refreshing breeze to counter the heat, especially after packing and carrying our kayaks to the water’s edge. We headed for the point,…