IT Article
It’s Been a Busy Year-ish
Introduction 2021 was an incredibly busy year for our IT Team. We learned early on that our existing IT infrastructure and services (Server, website, and map host) would need to…
What’s going on in our greater marine recreation community? Use this for posts that don’t necessarily fit into the subcategories.
Dionisio Provincial Park
Galiano Island’s Dionisio Provincial Park
A Gulf Islands Marine Trails Series Article...A number of years ago we put in at Elliots Beach just outside Ladysmith and headed over to Galiano Island. At the north end…
Packed and ready to go
D’Arcy Island in December
As I drink my morning coffee, I can look out our kitchen window to see the Salish Sea and D’Arcy Island in the distance. There were four of us at…
Gene on the beach
A Successful cleanup adventure
Cleanup at Catala Island Arriving on the ‘Trashcraft’ we carefully navigated the 28-foot craft toward shore. It was 9:00pm and pitch black. Renny, a Rugged Coast Research Society (RCRS) director,…
Mayne Island Resort
Mayne Island
Article by Fred Pishalski; A Gulf Islands Marine Trail Article Series Last fall, 2020, we spent 4 days on Mayne Island kayaking, hiking, eating and having a good time with…
Kayaking in the time of COVID
Kayaking in the time of COVID
In the poem by Robert Frost, a twittering Ovenbird laments the passing of spring’s cherry blossoms, contemplates the dust and falling leaves of autumn, and chooses not to sing. The…
Glacier by Susan Conrad
10 lessons paddling to Alaska
Susan Conrad shares her recipe of thoughts gained through a solo 66 day, 1,148 mile trip. Believe that you can do anything you set your mind to. Your passion should…
North Brooks gets a sprucing up
Last year's cleanup removed 3.77 tonnes from the Restless Bight area at the south entrance to Kyuquot Sound. This year continued south from that same area, focusing on Side Bay, Heater Point and Crabapple Islets -- all popular kayaking areas in the remote Brooks Peninsula region of north Vancouver Island.