Port Alberni - Get-away on Cheeyah Island

On our October journey with the MV Frances Barkley from Port Alberni to Bamfield, our first stop was Cheeyah Island. This seemed like a pretty posh get-away in the middle of nowhere. At this stop, the skipper pulled alongside the dock to drop a passenger off. 

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  Vancouver Island, water,
  Picture taken here: 48° 59' 30.05" N 124° 59' 31.20" W

Bamfield - Sorry, No Coffee Today

Having stepped off the MV Frances Barkley a few minutes before the monsoon-like rains started, I strolled along Bamfield's seawalk  to this location. A coffee shop in the summer, I reckon.

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  water,
• Picture taken here: 48° 49' 47.24" N 125° 8' 27.06" W

Bamfield - Sorry, No Coffee Today

Gulf Islands - Leaving Pirates Cove

On this day's kayak tour, Peter and I had launched at Cedar-by-the-Sea. After a nice paddle along the west shore of Link Island, we had slipped through the hole-in-the-wall (between Link and DeCourcy Islands) toward Pirates Cove. After a snack at the cove, we headed back. Here we're in the narrow passage exiting Pirates Cove.

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• Picture taken here: 49° 5' 53.05" N 123° 44' 1.14" W

Gulf Islands - Leaving Pirates Cove

Bamfield - Walking the seawalk

We're in Bamfield, walking the seawalk. In the rain. Of course! The MV Frances Barkley had just dropped us off at the dock by the Canadian Coast Guard Station and what should occur? We're in Bamfield. Rain. Actually: monsoon.

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• Picture taken here: 48° 50' 3.36" N 125° 8' 22.68" W

Nanaimo - Oyster Catcher in Departure Bay

Kilroy was here! Black Oyster Catcher in Departure Bay. When kayaking around Nanaimo, you're likely to hear the Oyster Catchers before you ever see them. When you hear them, be sure to look about for their characteristic orange beaks and the red-yellow eyes.

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• Picture taken here: 49° 12' 23.37" N 123° 57' 40.72" W

Nanaimo - Oyster Catcher in Departure Bay

Vancouver - Yaletown (Vancouver) seen from Granville Island

It may be November, but the sun flushes Vancouverites outdoors. An ideal spot to soak up some rays is out on the dock at Granville Island.

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• Picture taken here: 49° 16' 21.97" N 123° 8' 4.81" W

Vancouver - Yaletown (Vancouver) seen from Granville Island...

West Vancouver - A view to Bowen Island

BC Ferries vessel passing Bowen Island; as seen from Klootchman Park...

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• Picture taken here: 49° 20' 30.97" N 123° 16' 7.71" W

BC Ferries vessel passing Bowen Island; as seen from Klootchman Park...

French Creek - Seagulls at herring season

Herring season at French Creek brings out all the looky-loos.

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• Picture taken here: 49° 20' 57.53" N 124° 21' 32.13" W

French Creek - Seagulls at herring season

West Vancouver - Point Atkinson Lighthouse...

Taking a picture of Point Atkinson while kayaking out of Eagle Harbour...

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• Picture taken here: 49° 19' 52.04" N 123° 15' 56.13" W

West Vancouver - Point Atkinson Lighthouse...

Ucluelet - Saint Aidan-on-the-Hill church

Downtown Ucluelet with Saint Aidan-on-the-Hill church in the foreground. The aquarium, just down the hill is truly worth a visit.

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• Picture taken here: 48° 56' 29.56" N 125° 32' 46.78" W

Ucluelet - Saint Aidan-on-the-Hill church