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Read more about the article North Brooks gets a sprucing up

North Brooks gets a sprucing up

  • Post author:Paul Grey
  • Post published:July 20, 2016
  • Post category:News & Press

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.

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Read more about the article The Broken Group Islands and a broken float plan
Broken Group Islands

The Broken Group Islands and a broken float plan

  • Post author:Martin Ryer
  • Post published:June 15, 2016
  • Post category:Broken Group - Deer Group/Coastal Journeys/Vancouver Island
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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…

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Read more about the article Kayaking outer Calvert Island
Wolf Beach

Kayaking outer Calvert Island

  • Post author:Jon Dawkins
  • Post published:May 8, 2016
  • Post category:Central Coast/Coastal Journeys
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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…

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Read more about the article Kayaking the Great Bear Rainforest

Kayaking the Great Bear Rainforest

  • Post author:Fred Pishalski
  • Post published:April 19, 2016
  • Post category:Central Coast/Coastal Journeys
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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,…

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Read more about the article Kwakshua
Silver Morning on Kwakshua Channel by Jon Dawkins

Kwakshua

  • Post author:Jon Dawkins
  • Post published:April 18, 2016
  • Post category:Central Coast/Coastal Journeys
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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…

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Read more about the article Kayaking Haida Gwaii
Haida Gwaii unloading at camp

Kayaking Haida Gwaii

  • Post author:Fred Pishalski
  • Post published:March 31, 2016
  • Post category:Coastal Journeys/Haida Gwaii
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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…

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Read more about the article Wolf Beach to Blackney Beach, Calvert Island
Wolf Beach campsites - 3meterswell

Wolf Beach to Blackney Beach, Calvert Island

  • Post author:Jon Dawkins
  • Post published:March 31, 2016
  • Post category:Central Coast/Coastal Journeys
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Current Conditions 70 degrees, ClearNW @ 15 – 20W swell 2 meter with wind waves to 3 feet Seas Moderate Morning at Wolf Beach - 3meterswell Launching from Wolf Beach…

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Cape Scott

  • Post author:Gene Gapsis
  • Post published:December 20, 2015
  • Post category:Coastal Journeys/Vancouver Island
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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,…

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