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Port McNeil is a working port with seaplanes, tugs, fishing boats, and other elements of a port. It is small, though, and has a very friendly feel. Here is a seaplane from Pacific Air. (View Post…)

This is a fish farm, one of many we saw today. BC permits them, Alaska does not. Many believe they pollute clean water by concentrating fish so tightly. They also are thought to spread disease and escapees threaten the gene pool of natural run salmo…

This is the tug, Seaspan Pacer, that Debbie passed in Johnston Strait.  (View Post…)

Tied up at the dock at Port Harvey. (View Post…)

This pod of Pacific White Sided Dolphins, the kind that like to play, found us and came over to our boat to surf bow and stern waves. It is always a treat to see them. These dolphins just like to have fun, my kind of marine mammal! (View Post…)

Across Georgia Strait and Pacific White-sided Dolphins (Continued…)

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We raised our Canadian courtesy flag on the upper deck when we entered Canadian waters. (View Post…)

The Nanaimo Sandstorm formation runs north to south in the Gulf Islands. It is wonderfully varied from the waves and wind. (View Post…)

The first leg of our trip is to Port McNeil, a small community at the northern end of Vancouver Island. It is a perfect jumping off point to cross Queen Charlotte Sound into the more remote coastal waters of the west coast of mainland BC. Our good fr…