Spirit of
Freedom's Gunkhole Adventure 2007
June 16 - September
29 2007 1,212 nautical miles
Part Nine: Fredrick Arm,
Chained Islands, Kanish Bay & Small Inlet
We were planning on
heading out of Chameleon Harbor as soon as the rain let up and begin to nose our
way further north. However it seemed that the Canadian Coast Guard was putting
out a radio call for us; my youngest son Jeremy was ill in the hospital with an
unknown cause. The CG patched me thru to the hospital via VHF as we had no cell
coverage and I was able to talk to Jeremy briefly. We made the decision to move
into an area with cell coverage the next day to get more details. If need be we
were close to Blind Bay where I could leave Spirit with Cliff in charge and fly
home. As it turns out, we did not have to do that...but decided to not go
further north as Jeremy was still hospitalized. We had also talked many people
returning early from the Broughton's and Alaska because the weather had been and
was still horrid. So we opted instead to explore this area more and touch base
with home frequently, and stay within one or two days of a place we could leave
Spirit at if need be even though Jeremy insisted we not return.
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This had us fooled for quite some time. It is NOT a waterfall, but actual white rock. We named it Whiterock Falls. |
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This is why I don't hike. This "little guy" was along the beach on Sonora Island |
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We found great cell coverage at the head of Nodale Channel, entering Cordero Channel. |
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We decided to go to Oleo's Restuarant in Fredrick Arm. We were the only customer that night. Moorage with dinner! |
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The "company" side of Oleo's Resturant |
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The "backside view" of Oleo's |
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A gorgeous setting, you have to give it that! |
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And another backside view. Oleo's is protected by a little island, they are cable-anchored between the island and the mainland. |
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Dinghy Touring. See the kelp? I told him not to go into it! The outboard overheated and died two miles from Oleo's. Then the oarlocks broke! |
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We paddled back ala canoe style against the wind. Needless to say, we were pretty hungry for dinner! Luckily after cooling completly, the engine came back to life. The oarlocks did not! |
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Aquaculture and Logging in Fredrick Arm |
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Abondoned anchors from aquaculture. They leave junk EVERYWHERE! |
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Looking to the head of Frederick Arm |
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Keeping ahead of the logboom, Fredrick Arm |
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We left Frederick Arm and
headed back to Chameleon Harbor to meet up with Sarvana again as Timber had
radioed us to say that they had been on a provision run and had some fresh
veggies for us! We were sorely lacking fresh veggies! We spent another couple of
days back in Chameleon Harbor, watching the Dahls porpoise feed around in the
anchorage, and enjoying a couple of night-time bonfires on the beach with our
friends... garbage makes WONDERFUL fires! Of course we forgot our flashlights
one night... no stars and no moon... we could barely find our boats!
We finally said goodbye
to Timber and Pam and headed south to the Chained Islands, Kanish Bay and Small
Inlet...where yet again we fell in love and spent several days in near-total
isolation.
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Looking up Discovery Passage thru the Chained Islands |
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Another view up Discovery thru the Chained Islands from Kannish Bay |
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These islands and islets are indeed "chained" by rocks. At low tide it is very apparent! |
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Entrance to Small Inlet, Quadra Island |
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Looking back to the entrance to Small Inlet |
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Fog over the entrance to Small Inlet, viewed from inside...so is it the exit now? |
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Dinghy tour in Small Inlet |
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Cliff & Angel playing on a small islet inside Small Inlet. This is the only way I will go ashore and play without worrying about bears!! TINY ISLETS! |
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This is typical of the shoreline of the little islets in Small Inlet |
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Kanish Bay & Small Inlet are on Quadra Island...just across from Waiatt Bay & the Octopus Islands. It is a 1/2 mile hike to Waiatt Bay. |
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Spirit anchored in Small Inlet |
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This little stream is an outlet from Newton Lake on Quadra Island |
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Jedediah Island, Boho Bay
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