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Re: Kayaking in Vancouver area

Posted By: Shawn
Date: Saturday, 13 February 1999, at 9:36 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Kayaking in Vancouver area (Earl Moulton)

Thank you guys so much for the input! I'm wading through all the trip reports on Wavelength right now.

Rick - I don't want this to be the paddling experience of a lifetime - I want this to be something I can experience over a lifetime - maybe make it a biannual event. (You know, go where the wife wants to go this year, go to Vancouver next year, go where she wants, Vancouver, etc.!) I'm only 600 miles away...is a week a good time frame for a visit? (Not that I'll ever see everything all in one week. Can I get enough "depth" in several week-long visits?)

Thanks again, Shawn Baker

> Hard to know where to start. As an aside if you want to do some whitewater
> stuff there are lots of opportunities enroute from Montana - ie: west
> Kootenays or closer to Vancouver there's the Chilliwack.

> Ocean kayaking opportunities are virtually endless. Even downtown
> Vancouver can be fun - False Creek, Vancouver Harbour, Stanley Park or up
> the Indian Arm.

> The Gulf Islands offer quite a variety as well as fairly sheltered waters.
> They even get a lot of sunshine and are easily accessible via BC Ferries.
> Spent a very enjoyable five days in the lower Gulf Islands in September.

> On the West Coast, the Broken Islands are very popular. The Tofino area
> can offer whale watching in season and there's an overnighter to the hots
> springs if you're interested. And then there's Clayquot Sound .....

> More whale watching is available in the Johnstone Strait area. Farther
> north in the Inside Passage also offers some truly remarkable scenery in
> pristine surroundings. BC Ferries will even drop you off in places
> otherwise inaccessible.

> Like Rick says, try the folks at Wave Length - or try queries against some
> of the place names above. Enjoy!!

> Earl

Messages In This Thread

Kayaking in Vancouver area
Shawn Baker -- Friday, 12 February 1999, at 1:19 p.m.

Re: Kayaking in Vancouver area
Rick Sopel -- Friday, 12 February 1999, at 5:06 p.m.

Re: Kayaking in Vancouver area
Shawn Baker -- Thursday, 11 March 1999, at 3:38 p.m.

Re: Kayaking in Vancouver area
Earl Moulton -- Saturday, 13 March 1999, at 12:40 a.m.

Re: Kayaking in Vancouver area
Shawn -- Monday, 15 March 1999, at 12:30 a.m.

Re: Kayaking in Vancouver area
Earl Moulton -- Monday, 15 March 1999, at 7:45 p.m.

Re: Kayaking in Vancouver area
Earl Moulton -- Saturday, 13 February 1999, at 3:39 p.m.

Re: Kayaking in Vancouver area
Shawn -- Saturday, 13 February 1999, at 9:36 p.m.

Re: Kayaking in Vancouver area
Rick Sopel -- Sunday, 14 February 1999, at 1:27 a.m.

Re: Kayaking in Vancouver area
Shawn Baker -- Sunday, 14 February 1999, at 6:38 p.m.

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