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.
Reflections on Vargas Island Beach Cleanups, May 24-28
Do you want to join? Under the great leadership of our BC Marine Trails Stewardship Coordinator, Cameron Dalinghaus, a group of 11 BC Marine Trails volunteers and 5 Pacific Rim Surfrider volunteers combed several beaches on Vargas Island. We are excited to see how many groups are actively working to…...
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Bain Creek Bridge
Bain Creek Smenmántm Ḵ’í ḵp’ikw Bain Creek one of seven sites maintained by the Sea Kayak Association of BC (SKABC) can be found on the Sea to Sky Marine Trail in Howe Sound. This past weekend – May long weekend 2023 – Ken, a BC Marine Trails director and Philip,
Kayaking the Discovery Islands
photo by Paul Grey; this incredible view is marred by the firepit – removed May 15, 2023 Kayaking in the Southern Discovery Islands The Discovery Islands are extraordinarily beautiful. I’ve visited either by kayak or on motorboat on a site maintenance crew fifteen or sixteen times now and I’m always…...
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BC Marine Trails Coastal Caretakers
We are so excited to announce the launch of our Coastal Caretaker program. Our Stewardship Committee has been working diligently to get this initiative off the ground. If you’ve been thinking about hands-on ways to create impact along the coast or if you have been involved with us for a
The Fashionable Sea Kayaker
Helping Your Clothes Tell Better Stories As a fanatical devotee of outdoor fashion trends, I recently posed two questions to the online chatbot ChatGPT to see what guidance it could provide to the paddling public. Here is its guide to avant-garde kayaker wear. Here too are the follow-up questions that
2023 Gerald Island English Ivy Removal
We had another successful invasive species removal on Gerald Island last month. Volunteers came out between April 14-16 and combined forces to tackle English Ivy. This project has been one of our longest-running initiatives and we are seeing significant progress with lots of native vegetation returning. We couldn’t be more