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.
Susan Conrad ‘Inside Passage Take 2’
Susan Conrad: Inside Passage Take 2 Robert Service Poem There’s gold, and it’s haunting and haunting; It’s luring me on as of old; Yet it isn’t the gold that I’m wanting So much as just finding the gold. It’s the great, big, broad land ’way up yonder, It’s the forests…...
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The BC Marine Trails: Work, Benefits, Perks
Join Donate Compare Maps Linking and Protecting the BC Coast Together Driven by a shared love for our coastline Advocacy Your membership fees go a long way to supporting a volunteer-driven organization. Please help out by joining us and making the BC Marine Trails a reality. Join today. Our volunteers
Looking out for sea wolves
Respectfully working to protect the coast. Hey there, my name is Cameron, and I am the stewardship coordinator at the BC Marine Trails. This month there is a buzz in the media and news surrounding the coastal sea wolves. Recently, a Netflix documentary – Island of the Sea Wolves –
Gerald Island: Saving an Island Park and Protecting Native Species
Visit our Gerald Island storymap illustrated fall report and/or read a further account below of 2022 work. Gerald Island is within the traditional territory of the Snaw-naw-as First Nation. Gerald Island is located on the east coast of Vancouver Island. It sits less than one nautical mile off the coast
Johnstone Strait and Orcas
On July 15th2022, my good friend Martin and I arrived at Telegraph Cove near Port McNeill to paddle and hopefully see some Orcas. Personally, I was happy to disconnect from the virtual world of maps, emails, Zoom, and the rest of it for a few days. Though I’m retired I…...
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Vargas Island
The Ahousaht Nation have indicated where paddlers can camp or stop on Vargas Island and other locations nearby. The fee set by this Nation are 15 dollars per day (or an annual pass for $25) whether you are camping or using a rest stop (day use). Recently, we produced a