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We continued our quest to see bears, so we headed into Viner Sound where people reported seeing lots of bears every day. The little bay is about 2 miles long, narrowing to a dead end with a tidal flat and a meadow with a creek running through it. There…

We found many quiet anchorages to explore, mostly by kayak.  Paddling has been the best way to see a lot of wildlife and get into rocky nooks and crannies.  Seals peek at us from a safe distance, and one day I saw one watching me.  Next …

We found many quiet anchorages to explore, mostly by kayak.  Paddling has been the best way to see a lot of wildlife and get into rocky nooks and crannies.  Seals peek at us from a safe distance, and one day I saw one watching me.  Next …

The Broughtons is the name of a group of islands and channels off the BC mainland, across from Port McNeill.  It’s a bit cooler and subject to more changeable weather since it’s exposed to the Pacific Ocean from the northwest.  But it is more…

The Broughtons is the name of a group of islands and channels off the BC mainland, across from Port McNeill.  It’s a bit cooler and subject to more changeable weather since it’s exposed to the Pacific Ocean from the northwest.  But it is more…

We are headed to the Broughton Islands, across from the northern end of Vancouver Island, but first we needed to stop for fuel and to pick up some provisions. Port McNeill on Vancouver Island is a good stop for everything we needed, so we left the back…

We are headed to the Broughton Islands, across from the northern end of Vancouver Island, but first we needed to stop for fuel and to pick up some provisions. Port McNeill on Vancouver Island is a good stop for everything we needed, so we left the back…

Weather and the timing of the tide meant we couldn’t run the length of Johnstone Strait to travel north to the Broughton Islands, so we had to take the "back way". This involves taking one’s boat ON PURPOSE through 5 sets of rapids – yes, RAP…

Weather and the timing of the tide meant we couldn’t run the length of Johnstone Strait to travel north to the Broughton Islands, so we had to take the "back way". This involves taking one’s boat ON PURPOSE through 5 sets of rapids – yes, RAP…

We continued our exploration of Cortes Island, moving to Gorge Harbour to see some First Nation pictographs on the granite wall at the entrance.

It took a little time, but we finally saw them – a man with a comet trail or rainbow coming from his hea…