Beautiful, calm cruise…we picked a great day to cross Queen Charlotte Strait.

We saw two humpback whales, sea lions, and lots of sea otters rafting in a kelp patch. I couldn’t get a photo but visit this link to get an idea of what we saw. It was really awesome.

Back to the land of remote logging operations, prawn fisheries, and clear cuts. Also strings of gorgeous islets, eagles, blue water, high snow-covered peaks, and stunning views.

A note about water color. As I mentioned, the water can be many shades of beautiful blues and greens but is also very brown in smaller passages and coves. They use a term around here: “cedar water.” Fresh water from springs at higher elevations doesn’t get captured right away and so runs brown coming out of the tap. It’s drinkable but not necessarily good for filling tanks. I guess this is also what colors the salt water brown as well.

Along the way:

Jennis Bay is an interesting place, and likely the most north western location we’ll get to. It’s described as “a historic logging camp with a quaint, rustic feel.” I get the “rustic” part. It is definately a place to tie up, or somewhere to anchor in calm weather. It’s also a working marina for local fisheries, with junk everywhere, and live wells and generators running. If we were staying a second night, I would put my kayak in the water because it is very beautiful and looks like good paddling. We didn’t kayak yesterday because the breeze kicked up.

We walked up the road a little to a logging area. There is a large lake nearby but we won’t have a chance to do that 7km hike.

Here are some photos:

We plan to head for Sullivan Bay later this morning.

Mike’s Relive:

Port McNeill to Telegraph Cove