Pictures from northern Vancouver Island and the mainland, August 2016: days on the Island Odyssey
Day 1
Dawn, Port McNeil
The ketch Island Odyssey
Quadra Queen, Pt. McNeil
The tidal race, Johnson Strait
Orcas, Johnson Strait
The Island Odyssey
Sea lions
Humpback whale
Island and mountains
Telegraph Cove Whale Centre
Learning about whales
Orca skeleton
Telegraph Cove Marina, evening
Day 2
Dawn, Telegraph Cove
Kelp, Telegraph Cove
Morning, Johnson Strait
Orcas in tide stream
A pod of orcas
Ashore, Village Island
Midden, 4000 years of habitation
Fallen pole, Meem Quam Leese
Double rainbow, Knight Inlet
Sea with glacial till
A mix of sun and cloud
Day 3
Glendale Cove, estuary
Pebbles
River, Glendale Cove
River and sun
Juvenile bald eagle
Young grizzly bear
Crossing the river
The controls
Day 4
Commerce
Morning, Thompson Sound
White-sided dolphin
Dolphins
Day 4(cont.)
More dolphins
Cliffside in fog
Estuary, Wakeman River
Tidal meadow
Kneeling angelica
Mint
Gulls
More gulls
Evening 1
Evening 2
Day 5
Dawn, Brouton Island
Dawn and boat
Fish farm
Rocks and barnacles
Wake and fog
Coast Range mountains
Islet and fog bank
Humpback, Queen Charlotte Strait
Mountains, fog and tug
Orca
Island Odyssey under sail
Under sail, very light winds
Sunset, Pearse Islands 1
Day 5 (cont.)
Sunset, Pearse Islands 2
Sunset, Pearse Islands 3
Day 6
Alert Bay
Indeed!
Totem pole 1, U'mista centre
Totem pole 2, U'mista centre
Waterfront, Alert Bay
Alert Bay, main street
A pod of orcas
Heavy breathing
Two orcas
Orca head
Five orcas
Day 6(cont.)
Fin and waves
Sunset, Hanson Island
Later
Later still
Alert Bay and Cormorant Is.
Bog, Cormorant Island
Weathered tree
Kwak'wala people's cemetery
Old and new memorial poles
Tombstone and raven
Old wharf
Eagle
Eagle and net loft
Harbour
Bilingualism
Alert Bay (Cont.)
Au revoir
The Quadra Queen
Return Flight
Islands
Coast Range 1
Coast Range 2
Coast Range 3
