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Discovery Islands by Canoe

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Circumnavigating Maurelle Island  in British Columbia  by Canoeing over 6 days / 55km. Including Surge Narrows, Octopus Islands, The Hole in the Wall and North Rendezvous Island with my wife Claire, daughter Alexandra and our dog Zoa. Every summer for the past few years, we've done a big canoe trip where we paddle into the BC wilderness for a week or more. No Netflix, no social media, no distractions, just each other, a canoe and nature. We call these trips "Wayaways".  This year, I had been eyeing the Sayward Forest circuit, but the hot summer had left the rivers too dry to make that work in late August with a little one. So I turned my attention to the ocean and found myself drawn to the channels and islands north of Quadra Island. This is part of Discovery Islands, an area we'd never explored before.  These trips require a lot of planning and research. The BC Marine Trails website is a great resource for finding camp spots and I saw lots of options suggesting a l...
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Broughton Archipelago by Canoe

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Canoeing for 8 days / 111km around Broughton Archipelago Marine Provincial Park in British Columbia with my wife, Claire (7.5 months pregnant) and our dog, Zoa Click here to read about the planning of this trip. Over the past few years I've become more and more drawn to the ocean. I used to be kind of put off - it's deep, dark and full of weird creatures big enough to swallow you whole. But I'm growing to really enjoy the unique challenges and opportunities that ocean trips provide. Opportunities like camping on tiny islands, watching humpback whales swim past in the glow of the sunset.  Challenges like navigating on a compass bearing through thick fog while accounting for currents and using a marine radio to communicate with nearby boats to ensure they're aware of our presence. I learned a lot on this trip, which was super rewarding, but by far the best part was watching Claire be a total bad-ass at 7 and a half months pregnant. We moved camp (130kg at the start) every...
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Location: Broughton Archipelago Marine Provincial Park
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