Tagged With "Haida Gwaii"

I do not kayak, but I enjoyed reading about these locations and seeing your excellent photos!! Well done!!

Great suggestions! Another excellent place to Kayak is Johnston Strait, on the inside passage between Vancouver Island and the mainland. Several pods of Orcas live here so your chance of seeing them is excellent!

I'm happy that you enjoyed this post. Thanks for reading!

Thank you for that Suggestion! I'll have to keep it in mind. Canada has so many amazing places to paddle there could be at least 50 that could feature on this list!

Wow; what a wonderful post! So interesting and your photos are creative and beautiful!!

Incredible!

These photos are evocative. Makes me very glad not to be a sailor back in the day. I have seen some of the many trees washed up on the beaches of the Pacific Northwest. Those are also very impressive. Did you find any glass floats ? I used to have a number of the ones used by Japanese fisherman to hold up their nets. You never know what will turn up.

The glass floats tend to wash up on the west (windward) side of the Pacific. This hike was on the leeward (eastern) side, where these floats tend not to come. But there were a gazillion trees, like these.

Like the tree pics. I picked up all of my glass floats a bit farther south - on the seaward side of Vancouver Island and on the western shore of the Olympic Peninsula. I think it was always in the summer. Maybe the tides and winds bring different material at different times of the year.

Ottawa is a vibrant and charming small city — so pleasant that it’s hard to believe it’s home to soooo many politicians.  Of the national capitals I've visited, Ottawa seems the most livable to me (ie. if...

    Gumbo was visiting the "misty isles", Haida Gwaii, in British Columbia.  Specifically, the remnants of the Haida village of Skedans.  Sadly, not much remains of the village, captured at its prime in the above image (1878), rich...

    I don't recall where I've spent most statutory holidays, but I do remember the one I spent in Queen Charlotte City because it was the wettest I've encountered.  It rained and misted all day, although there were a few short breaks...

An 89 km long beach trail on Haida Gwaii, B.C. forms the basis of this adventure.

  I'm a huge admirer of American/Canadian northwest aboriginal art.  The pinnacle of this art is the totem pole, meticulously carved by artisans from entire tree trunks.  We've previously looked at ancient totems at the abandoned...

Floating Authority shares ten top spots to go kayaking in Canada. Canada may well have the best assorted destinations for kayaking of any country in the world.

There are few things that liven up a hiking day more than stumbling on a shipwreck.  At least that’s my life’s experience (based on this one wreck)!  One of my most interesting back-country backpacking experiences was...

  One of my most interesting trekking experiences was a multiday beach backpack along the length of the East Coast Trail, Naikoon Provincial Park, in amazing Haida Gwaii (formerly known as the "Queen Charlotte Islands").   I need to sit down...

Many people don't know that Ottawa is the capital city of Canada.  Situated a few hours drive north of Toronto and Montreal, straddling the provinces of Ontario and Quebec-- Ottawa being on the Ontario side; Gatineau on the Quebec side --...

DrFumblefinger shares features of The Spirit of Haidi Gwaii, an imaginative sculpture by Haidi artist, Bill Reid, featuring creatures of Haidi mythology.

Another terrific post from my favorite travel philosopher! Like you I am a lover of wood in all its forms, especially unusual trees. Here are two from my travels that represent the kind of things I look for: A dead Jeffery Pine standing on top of Sentinel Dome in Yosemite National park, which has fallen since this photo was taken. The lovely grain of driftwood on Haida Gwaii.

Balance Rock on Haida Gwaii is aptly named. It's quite a large rock, perhaps 4 meters wide, and rests steady even while it is pounded by the elements.