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Read more about the article Tides, Triumphs, and Trials: A Kayaking Expedition on BC’s Central Coast from Bella Bella to Port Hardy

Tides, Triumphs, and Trials: A Kayaking Expedition on BC’s Central Coast from Bella Bella to Port Hardy

  • Post author:Lycette Clark
  • Post published:February 20, 2025
  • Post category:Central Coast/Coastal Journeys/Trail Reports

After extensive preparation, the group of four report back on their trip down the province's central coast.

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Read more about the article BC’s Central Coast Kayaking Trip Report

BC’s Central Coast Kayaking Trip Report

  • Post author:Sheldon Spier
  • Post published:May 11, 2024
  • Post category:Central Coast/Coastal Journeys/Trail Reports

Kayaking trip report from Klemtu north to Sager Islands, the beautiful beaches of Campana Island and south to Dallas Island and returning to Klemtu.

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Read more about the article Favorite Day Trip on a Longer Journey: One Hour of Bliss on the Central Coast

Favorite Day Trip on a Longer Journey: One Hour of Bliss on the Central Coast

  • Post author:Jon Dawkins
  • Post published:April 29, 2024
  • Post category:Central Coast/Coastal Journeys/Vancouver Island

One of my favorite days of paddling was defined by one single hour out of a difficult 12 ½-hour day.We needed just two decent days to get back to Port…

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Read more about the article A Holiday Gift Guide for Sea Kayakers

A Holiday Gift Guide for Sea Kayakers

  • Post author:Jerry & Julee Kaye
  • Post published:November 20, 2023
  • Post category:Coastal Journeys/Solo Paddling/Trip Resources

From books that spark wanderlust to trip planning tools, here are four great gift ideas for past, present, and potential sea kayakers.  You can go beyond the obvious colourful new…

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Read more about the article Kayaking Wisdom from the Wild

Kayaking Wisdom from the Wild

  • Post author:Jerry & Julee Kaye
  • Post published:January 3, 2023
  • Post category:Central Coast/Coastal Journeys/Discoveries & Mid Coast/Vancouver Island

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…

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Joie de vivre

  • Post author:Susan Conrad
  • Post published:February 19, 2021
  • Post category:Central Coast/Coastal Journeys
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Inside Passage Wilderness is a ferocious intoxication which sweeps over your senses with rinsing vitality, leaving you stripped to the vivid, your senses rubbed until they shine.~Jay Griffiths When my…

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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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