We recently met with SUP expeditions leader and instructor, Norm Hann, to talk about safety on the water and uncovered some common misconceptions about safety precautions when standup paddleboarding.Standup paddleboarding…
Chemainus to Galiano Island - Alone and Racing Against The Tide Over the years, I’ve enjoyed a lot of day paddles on Vancouver Island, but my favourite was an outing…
...from Nanaimo to Sidney Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.Matsuo BashoWhat gives value to travel is fear.Albert CamusFour of us in a pair of double…
Greetings. The BC Marine Trails maintains a public, member and trails development map. The latter map contains the hidden campsites, launch sites, and day use sites, visible only to the Trails Development…
This article was originally published in 2018, and follows a portion of a route also taken by veteran paddlers Susan Marie Conrad, Jim Chester and Audrey Sutherland. Their wisdom, as…
Susan Conrad: Inside Passage Take 2Robert Service PoemThere’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…
Join Donate Compare Maps Linking and Protecting the BC Coast Together Driven by a shared love for our coastline AdvocacyYour membership fees go a long way to supporting a volunteer-driven…
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…
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…
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