Broughton Islands

On our way North we spent a couple nights at Jedediah island. We hiked to the top of the hill at the South end of the island and had a great view of the Strait of Georgia and Lasqueti Island. Along the way we met some sheep and some goats.






Our next stop was at Gorge Harbour on Quadra Island


We made a few new friends at Current Passage. We had a lot of fun watching these Pacific White Sided Dolphins fish and play in our bow wave. The little guy looking up at the camera was very curious and watched Michelle for quite a while. We anchored for the night at Port Harvey between the Cracroft Islands.




These Dall's Porpoises joined us at Robson Bight. We enjoyed their company for ten or fifteen minutes before they decided to move on.


I can only surmise that this path was caused by a tornado. Some of the trees were snapped off above the ground and others were completely uprooted along this narrow path. It only goes a short distance into the woods, but I'm glad I wasn't there that day.

I was collecting firewood on the beach and almost stepped in a steaming pile left by this guy. We didn't meet face to face till I was in the boat though and he turned out to be a little camera shy. That night we cooked our dinner on the fire out on a barren rock.

An abandoned Indian village, I found the following on a government archive page:

"Mamalelekala [sic] is a Kwakiutl tribe on Village Island; their only town is Memkumlis, which they jointly occupy with the Koeksotenok [sic]. The population was estimated at about 2000 in 1836-41; in 1911 it numbered 90. (Boaz, F., American Geographical Society, vol XIX, no.3, 1887, reprinted in Handbook of the Indians of Canada, 1913). The name of their village, Memkumlis, means "village with rocks and islands out front". "





This guy came looking for fish guts and tried to land on our mast. He found out there were too many pointy things up there and carried on to a nearby tree.


We stayed one night at the Shawl Bay Marina and enjoyed a pancake breakfast in the morning.
This is the Sullivan Bay marina, we stopped in for fuel and groceries.


We visited and spent one night anchored at Alert Bay. Its a cute little town with a boardwalk along the water and the U'mista Cultural Centre is worth a visit.



Our trip down Johnstone Strait was uneventful and made for a long day. There was more traffic than we saw on our trip North, both commercial and pleasure craft. We dropped anchor in Gowland Harbour on Quadra Island shortly before sunset.


In the morning we passed two pods of Killer Whales in front of Campbell River.


We spent a couple nights at Pender Harbour on our way South.