My heart sank this morning when I heard that a fuel barge with millions of litres of fuel on board was in danger of grounding itself on the shores of the Goose Group, a tiny, uninhabited group of islands that lie offshore of the remote stretch of the BC coast known as the Hakai. Continue reading
Posts Tagged With: Hakai
Is it too much to ask?
Categories: Environment, kayaking, Nature, Travel
Tags: Environment, Goose Group, Hakai, oil spill
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People of the Edge
Many years ago my wife and I succumbed to the lure of a glossy brochure and signed up for a wilderness kayaking trip to Haida Gwaii. So long ago, in fact that the area was still known by its colonial name, “the Queen Charlotte Islands”. Neither of us had been in a kayak before, but the real lure of the trip was the “wilderness” as we both love the outdoors, and the idea of pottering about in really remote places without the need to carry everything you own on your back, seemed sensible. And, after all, the family motto is: “How hard can it be ?” Continue reading
Categories: First Nations, kayaking, Travel
Tags: archeology, First Nations, Hakai, Heitsuk First nation, kayaking, Queen Charlotte islands, Travel, Triquet Island, wilderness
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A Gentleman's Relish 