Sea Kayak Nootka Kyuquot Sounds

Author : Heather Harbord
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1894765524

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Sea Kayak Nootka & Kyuquot Sounds by Heather Harbord Pdf

Nootka and Kyuquot Sounds are the next step for sea kayakers who have enjoyed the Gulf Islands, the Sunshine Coast, Desolation Sound and the Broken Islands. Its wetter weather and more rugged coastline offer greater challenges as well as the rewards of pristine sandy beaches, remote islands, sea caves, rare sea otters, and historic sites. Although not quite the wilderness it was in the days of the explorers and fur traders, for those with the necessary skills, it comes close to the age old Canadian dream of wilderness and freedom. The book breaks the area down into 49 trips. These are just suggestions for planning purposes. Once out there, wind and weather will dictate where you go depending on your skill level. You'll have a more comfortable trip if you read the weather and trip planning sections before you finalize too much.

Author : Heather Harbord
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1894765532

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Sea Kayak Desolation Sound and the Sunshine Coast by Heather Harbord Pdf

This paddling guide to Desolation Sound and the Strait of Georgia provides historical travel information on a part of the Inner Passage between Vancouver Island and the BC mainland. Follow the Marine Trail up the east coast of Vancouver Island with perhaps a digression to Hornby or Denman islands. Or tackle the savage inflow-outflow winds of Jervis Inlet to reach the jewel of Princess Louisa Inlet.

Author : Doug Alderson
Publisher : Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1894765508

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Sea Kayak Around Vancouver Island by Doug Alderson Pdf

Sea Kayaking Around Vancouver Island covers a full circumnavigation of Vancouver Island. If you are interested in a grand expedition, a week of summer touring, or a weekend excursion, this guidebook will give you the information you need. Each chapter covers a section of the island providing ample information on points of access, interesting sites, safe routes to travel, hazards to avoid, and comfortable campsites.

Author : Mary Gazetas
Publisher : TouchWood Editions
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Art
ISBN : 189489846X

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Around One More Point by Mary Gazetas Pdf

Around One More Point is a journal sketchbook of writings, photographs and drawings that capture the adventures of B.C. artist and paddler Mary Gazetas, who has journeyed with family and friends on the west coast of Vancouver Island, the Inside Passage and Haida Gwaii for almost 25 years. This work, with its powerful visual imagery, includes stories and art created when Mary first started taking ocean canoe trips in the '80s with her twin sister and her children. Since those pre-Gore-Tex days of primitive beach camping and paddling in all kinds of weather, the trips, the people and the artwork have changed. What hasn't changed, though, is her passion for the character of the coast, and she returns every summer, bringing home material to be transformed into a variety of artistic expressions. The journeys include paddle trips in Barkley, Clayoquot, Nootka and Kyuquot sounds, the Broughton Archipelago, the central coast and Haida Gwaii (the Queen Charlotte Islands). This evocative journal will take readers on a journey, inspiring some to go to these beautiful places themselves-to go around one more point.

Author : Heather Harbord
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 1895811031

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Nootka Sound and the Surrounding Waters of Maquinna by Heather Harbord Pdf

British Columbia's history started with one word: "Nutka." On James Cook's earliest maps, it was the sole port of entry to a whole new world. Nootka was the home base of avarice and slaughter as the sea otter was rendered extinct in local waters by American and English traders. It gained further infamy with the enslavement of John Jewitt in 1803. Always it has been the "Land of Maquinna," after the legendary chief of the Mowachahts (historically called the Nootkas). Fifteen years ago it became the discovery of Heather Harbord. The waters of Nootka Sound and the surrounding inlets lured her to their endless coves and hideaways—First Nations villages, abandoned logging camps, Spanish outposts and an ever-changing mosaic of pioneers.

Author : Joanna Streetly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Nature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110454969

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Paddling Through Time by Joanna Streetly Pdf

Now recognized by the United Nations as a world heritage ecosystem, Clayoquot Sound, with its spectacular bays and beaches, has enthralled everyone privileged to experience it-from the First Nations peoples to the first European explorers, to the recent wave of whale-watching tourists from around the world. Joanna Streetly and Adrian Dorst, who live in the area, bring an insider's knowledge and pride to this account of their week-long trip through Clayoquot by kayak. They depict in vivid words and breathtaking colour photographs the present-day allure of the sound. Streetly also delves into the region's colourful past, from Native culture and traditions to more recent, high-profile confrontations between forest companies and environmentalists. A new addition to the popular Raincoast Journeys series, this is a well-rounded portrait of one of the world's finest natural reserves, whose hard-won preservation is an inspiration to all lovers of the wild.

Author : Heather Harbord
Publisher : Harbour Publishing Company
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Travel
ISBN : 155017407X

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Desolation Sound by Heather Harbord Pdf

Beautiful Desolation Sound, 150 km north of Vancouver, has for many years been the most popular cruising destination on the BC coast, but is today almost as devoid of local occupants as it was in 1792 when the dyspeptic Captain George Vancouver gave it its misleading name. It has not always been this way. Thick clamshell middens in remote bays, rotted pilings on silent estuaries, ambitious stone terraces on vacant hillsides, overgrown fences around deserted fields, even abandoned railroads--all contribute to an impression that this is an area full of ghosts, an area with a storied past. In Desolation Sound, author Heather Harbord details that remarkable past and brings those ghosts back to unforgettable life. We meet Mike Shuttler, the Homer-quoting hermit who figured in famous books by Stuart Edward White and M. Wylie Blanchet. We meet his illiterate neighbour Phil Lavigne, who said, when Shuttler died, "All dem words, and 'e 'ad to die like all de rest of us!" We meet "the Cougar Queen of Okeover Arm," who said, "Living in the bush like I do, a gun is as much a part of my household tools as a vacuum cleaner is in the city." We visit Baloney Bay, a sprawling Depression-era logging camp where human life had so little value they piled accident victims in a heap and didn't bother moving them until the end of the working day. We meet Sliammon chief Joe Mitchell, whose ancestors had an aboriginal city with buildings 200 feet long in now-deserted Grace Harbour. Harbord assiduously tracks down all the old legends that cling to the shoreside trees like Spanish moss, debunking some, confirming many. Desolation Sound is a captivating book full of great characters, heroic deeds, humorous anecdotes and well-researched fact. It fills a crucial hole in the history of the BC coast.

Author : Aileen Stalker,Andrew Nolan
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 1894765575

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Paddling Through History by Aileen Stalker,Andrew Nolan Pdf

Experience inner-city paddling with a guide that tells the story of Vancouver and Victoria from water level. Explore history with the tales behind the people, bridges, lighthouses, museums and watercraft you will see as you explore these waterways. Paddling Through History explains place names, geology and other highlights, and is illustrated with maps and photos.

Author : Heather Harbord
Publisher : Harbour Publishing Company
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1550175572

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Texada Tapestry by Heather Harbord Pdf

Texada is the largest island in the Strait of Georgia, a long strip of richly mineralized granite and limestone dividing the upper gulf. Travel time from Vancouver is six hours via three ferries. A newcomer's first impression is of an idyllic place with a big sandy beach, a Sunday farmer's market and a scant population of aging loggers, miners, pot-growers and other retirees, but this belies Texada's intriguing history. Although today Texada is better known as the home of the illegal agricultural product called Texada Gold, it was once the focus of a real gold rush that lured no less a figure than cookie tycoon William Christie. Later, Texada was the site of British Columbia's first major political scandal when squabbles over a rich iron ore claim forced the resignation of Premier Amor de Cosmos in February 1874. The rich mineral deposits in time gave rise to three booming towns--Gillies Bay, Blubber Bay and Van Anda, noted as the town with everything: not just a whorehouse, but an opera house. Population ebbed and flowed with mineral prices and Texada went in and out of the news. Its association with illegal intoxicants dates back to 1928 when the biggest whisky still north of Vancouver was busted in romantic Pocahontas Bay. The bitter Blubber Bay strike of 1938 put Texada in the news again as the Pacific Lime Company faced off against the International Woodworkers' Association labour union in a bloody riot. This is also the feisty island that repelled the might of the Greater Vancouver Regional District when it wanted to dump metropolitan garbage in the abandoned pit of the once-famous Texada Mine. Author Heather Harbord has dedicated years to research, including over a hundred interviews of locals and old-timers to create a captivating book full of unforgettable characters, humorous anecdotes and well-researched fact, accompanied by many previously unpublished photographs. Once again, she has created a valuable volume on the history of the BC coast.

Author : Mary Ann Snowden
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1894765540

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Sea Kayak Barkley and Clayoquot Sounds by Mary Ann Snowden Pdf

For the experienced and novice alike, this comprehensive guide leads paddlers through some of the best kayaking waters on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Twenty trips are outlined, covering prime paddling destinations within Barkley and Clayoquot sounds, including the Deer Group, the Broken Group Islands, and Vargas, Flores and Meares islands. Each trip is headed with important information on tides, currents, safety considerations and launching. Included in each route description is practical information on the different land jurisdictions, campsites, suitable landings and paddling conditions. Sidebars embellish the history of shipwrecks, examine the Nuu-chah-nulth people and introduce interesting characters like Salal Joe and Fred Tibbs. Others detail some of the natural history of the west coast with topics ranging from grey whales to barnacles. This edition also provides well-researched information on the parks in the area, including Pacific Rim National Park and several parks within the BC Parks system.

Author : John G. Ince,Hedi Köttner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0969106408

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Sea Kayaking Canada's West Coast by John G. Ince,Hedi Köttner Pdf

Author : Randy Stoltmann
Publisher : Orca Book Pub
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : British Columbia
ISBN : 1551430037

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Written by the Wind by Randy Stoltmann Pdf

Author : Michael Blades
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1551430010

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Day of Two Sunsets by Michael Blades Pdf

Author : United States. Bureau of Consular Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Americans
ISBN : UFL:31262085463650

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Your Trip Abroad by United States. Bureau of Consular Affairs Pdf

Author : Ed Ferrell
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780882408972

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In the Valley of the Grizzly by Ed Ferrell Pdf

This gripping wilderness survival tale grabs young readers at the first sputtering of the small plane engine and does not let go. Fifteen year-old Ben Paul’s dream trip to the wilderness with his Tlingit grandfather quickly turns into a nightmare when their plane makes a forced landing on a lake hundreds of miles from anywhere and right in the heart of an angry grizzly’s territory. They survive the landing but that is the end of their good luck. For fans of Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet, this book delivers the same powerful, page-turning, scalp-tingling adventure.