Our kayaks at our campsite south of Mound Island. This was our least desirable campsite -- buggy and dark. We got stuck here for two days because of stormy weather, but at least we were able to get fresh water from a stream here.
Go Bill tries to figure out the night before we leave how to fit everything into the kayak he'll be using.
Go Randy finished building our double kayak just a few days before departure
Go At the dock in Port McNeill. This water taxi carried us and our kayaks 20 miles east to the Broughton Archipelago Marine Provincial Park. Randy and I are wearing dry suits we rented to try out on this trip.
Go Map. We took a water taxi from Port McNeill to Broughton Archipelago and paddled back to Telegraph Cove six days later.
Go Barren spot where water taxi dropped us off on the north side of Crib Island. (The spots where these water taxis drop you off are chosen to accommodate the water taxi not the passengers.)
Go We paddled around to the south side of Crib Island to find our first campsite. Here we're enjoying lunch.
Go We set out that afternoon (Sunday June 11) to do some exploring northeast of Crib Island
Go A fallen Mamalilaculla totem pole, part of historic First Nation Settlement on Village Island.
Go View from Mamalilaculla. The village was occupied for thousands of years by native Americans until the 1960s, when the government closed the school and residents relocated.
Go Huge poles for a traditional "big house" on Mamalilaculla. Since the 1960s, when residents left, vegetation has been overtaking houses and other structures like this. We gathered water here but later found it was brackish
Go Our kayaks at our campsite south of Mound Island. This was our least desirable campsite -- buggy and dark. We got stuck here for two days because of stormy weather, but at least we were able to get fresh water from a stream here.
Go A stop on the way to our final camping spot at Hanson Island. We ate lunch while we waited for tidal currents to let up
Go We approach our take-out at Telegraph Cove at the base of the mountain Saturday June 17
Go All cleaned up in Port McNeill Saturday night. We had a surprisingly fine dinner at the motel restaurant.