June 2-6 - Broughtons (#s 37-41)

Together with Beth Anne and Pete, I led a group of seven grade 10 students on a 5 day, 4 night,  paddling trip into the Broughtons. We had excellent conditions with dry weather, light winds  and weak or favourable currents (possibly the best of any of these trips I have done!). We saw plenty of wildlife (humpback whales, Steller sea lions, harbour and Dall's porpoises, Pacific white-sided dolphins as well as plenty of birds including several active bald eagle nests). I also ran into an old friend, Mike D, from Galapagos days, who was working at Orca Lab. We also had a great visit to Alert Bay and the Umista Centre.

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72 km, YTD 392 km