Coastal Café: Most Recent Articles
Grab a coffee, relax and read an article about past trips and experiences on the BC Coast. To share your story and photos, send an email to articles@bcmarinetrails.org.
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 Burns, “the best laid plans of mice and men often go astray.” This was the case recently during my week paddling
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 called for moderate seas with NW winds at 15 – 20 knots, a westerly swell to 2 meter with wind
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, Ron Painter, Rob Zacharias and I (Fred Pishalski) headed out into BC’s Great Bear Rainforest for a two week
Kwakshua
Jon Dawkins reflects on his trip from Kwakshua Channel to 13.8 Beach in BC’s central coast on a day that was going to test math skills. Rounding Wedgborough Point we turned south out of Kwakshua Channel down Fitz Hugh Sound. It was 9:00 AM and the flood was reaching maximum
Kayaking Haida Gwaii
Haida Adventure 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) for an extended kayak trip. Most of us drove up to Port Hardy at the northern end of
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, catching the last of the ebb to slip through the quiet waters inside Duval Island. Here was our first opportunity