May&June Haida Gwaii (#s18-22)

I went for five short paddles while in Gwaii Haanas aboard Cascadia.

May 27th Thurston Harbour - 3 km

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May 31 Ikeda Cove - 3 km

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May 31 Echo Harbour - 3 km

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June 5 Murchison Island - 2 km

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June 7 Ikeda Cove - 2 km

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13 km, YTD 111 km

May and June - Haida Gwaii (#19)

I did a bunch of short paddles in Haida Gwaii while working on board MV Cascadia with Maple Leaf Adventures... 

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Murchison Island - June 3 - 3 km

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Rose Inlet - June 4 - 3 km

De La beche Inlet - June 6 - 2 km

June 9 Thurston Hbr 3 km

June 9 De la Beche - 1.5 km

June 10 De La Beche - 2 km

June 11 - Ikeda Cove - 2 km

June 12 heater Harbour - 3 km

9 paddles (counting as one!)

23 km, YTD 271 km

August 23- 27 - Great Bear rainforest trip (#s13,14,15,16)

While I was leading a trip on Cascadia, we managed to fit in 4 nice little paddles

23 August -Campania Island # 13

This was a very special paddle as we saw a wolf amble down the beach and then sit down in front of us! 6 km

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23 August evening and 24 August morning #14, #15

We paddled into the cove twice and were surrounded by pink and chum salmon. 5 km

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27 August - Europa Hot Spring (#16)

We went for a visit to the hot springs and while some were pooling I went paddling! 3 km

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4 paddles totaled 14 km, YTD 168

June 2nd, 3rd,9th and 12th - Haida Gwaii (#s 18-22)

I was up in Gwaii Haanas for a couple ofd trips and managed to get five short paddles in.

June 2nd and 3rd - De La Beche Inlet

I managed to take guests out for an afternoon and an early morning paddle in De La Beche Inlet. Such a lovely spot with plenty of seals following us!

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6 km

June 9 - Dolomite Point

I managed to get out before and after breakfast for paddles with guests before heading to Dolomite (Burnaby Narrows)

I had a great encounter with a young seal who followed me for almost the entire paddle - it even came up and played with my paddle!

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6 km

June 12 -  Echo Harbour

We managed to get out for a short paddle before dinner in Echo Harbour. A lovely last paddle of the trip.

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2 km

All paddles

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14 km, YTD 260 km

June 16 to July 4 - Haida Gwaii (#s 13-22)

While working aboard Maple Leaf Adventures Cascadia  for three weeks, I managed to lead ten short paddles in various anchorages. Most of these were early morning (before breakfast) adventures!

Three were in Thurston Harbour, three at Dolomite Point/Island Bay, three at Echo Bay and one by Faraday/Murchison Islands.

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Echo Harbour, 3 paddles, click to enlarge

Dolomite Point/Island Bay, 3 paddles, click to enlarge

Thurston Harbour 3 Paddles (1 not recorded) click to enlarge

30 km, YTD 198 km

September/October GBR (#68-71)

I managed to get out for a few paddles while I was up in the Great Bear Rainforest on Cascadia.

Once in Kitlope anchorage, Once in McMicking Inlet on Campania and twice in Chief Matthews Bay. Given the season and the rains I was happy to get out even this much.

Kitlope anchorange Sept 20 - 2 km

Chief Matthews Bay 30 Sept - 6 km

MckMicking Inlet 9 Oct - 2 km

Chief Matthews Bay  Oct 11 - 6 km

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16 km, YTD 643 km

August 20-30 - Great Bear Rainforest (#s 58 to 64)

While working as expedition leader for Maple Leaf Adventures on board MV Cascadia I managed to get out for 7 paddles over two trips. I enjoy paddling these Aquaglide Chelan 155 inflatables. They are comfortable, track well and are not too slow! :)

#58 - August 20 - Chief Matthews Bay - 3 km

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#59 - August 21 -Kitlope Anchorage - 3 km

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#60 - August 23 - McMicking Inlet, Campania Island - 5 km

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#61 - August 25 - Cameron Cove, Barnard Harbour, Princess Royal Island - 3 km

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#62 - August 28 - Chief Matthews Bay - 4 km

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#63 - August 30 - Cameron Cove, Barnard Harbour, Princess Royal island - 3 km

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#64 - August 30 - McMicking Inlet, Campania Island - 3 km

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24 km total, YTD 620 km

May 27th - McMicking Inlet (#48)

Carl and I went for an evening paddle to join the gang on the beach by the bog forest. We had the wind behind us on the way out and against on the way back to Cascadia. It was a beautiful evening and we also went for a short hike to the bog forest behind the beach. There were lots of sundews in the bog - more than I have seen before.

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trail to the bog forest - click to enlarge

8 km, YTD 498 km

September 18th - Kitasu Bay (#68&69)

 I was able to get out for a couple of paddles in Kitasu bay as we were waiting for the helicopter to start our lifting operations as part of the #BCCoastalCleanup. The first paddle was a series of errands, checking in with other boats in the fleet and sharing data. I also went out to the tugboat to share data with them. The second one was a pleasure paddle, which started off well since I saw a Mola Mola almost as soon as I started paddling!

My second, pleasure paddle (3 km)

The first "work" paddle (5 km)

8 km, YTD 554 KM

Oct 14 - Clatse Bay (#41)

Group paddle in Clatse Bay, Roscoe Inlet. We saw at least 50 eagles... possibly closer to 100!

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7 km, YTD 299 km

Oct 8 - Chief Matthews Bay (#40)

I took the group out for another visit to CMB. Nice grizzly tracks on the beaches.

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6 km, YTD 292 km

Oct 5 - Campania Island ((#39)

Nice perspective from the west - shows the fringing forest and the bog

I took the Cascadia group out for a paddle in mcMicking Inlet. Beautiful conditions in a beautiful place!

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6 km - YTD 286 km

September 27 - Chief Matthews Bay (#38)

I went for a paddle with the group aboard Cascadia in Chief Matthews Bay. Saw grizzly tracks, but no grizzlies!

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7 km, YTD 280 km

July 4-11 - BC Central Coast (#s 31-34)

I was able to get out in the kayaks four times during this Maple Leaf Adventures trip from Prince Rupert to Port Hardy in some wonderful spots.

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#31 - Captain Cove - Pitt Island

On the first night of our trip some of us hopped out in the kayaks and paddled around the cove. We were treated to two views of black bears and nice scenery

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2 km

#32 - Anger Inlet - Anger Island

We went out for a late morning paddle around low tide and saw lots of neat intertidal life. The islands to the north are all trigonometrically named! Sin, Cosine and Tangent islands!

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2 km

#33 - McMicking Inlet, Campania Island

We went for a morning paddle in one of my favourite areas on the central coast. Beautiful scenery, white sand beaches and more great intertidal life. We saw a good number of ochre stars!

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2 km

#34 Staples Cut, Walker Group

On our last full day of the trip we managed to circumnavigate a small island in the Walker group. Due to a lowish tide, we had to portage around a bit of the island!

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3 km, YTD 241 km