Blogs from Port McNeill, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, North America

It’s all familiar grounds in Port McNeil where we restock provisions and take advantage of showers and laundry services close to the docks. We are met by familiar, resident eagles perched on Coast Guard cutters berthed just inside the harbor. It isn't long before we meet with Emma, new harbour master and information centre manager who gets excited hearing all the updates about IPDP. She and Perter talked last year multiple times so it's nice to be welcomed with new questions, not always having to rehash the basics with Port operators. Port McNeil Councilman, Electrician, Boat Mechanic, Activist and all around great guy visits with us on Ama, fills us in on the progress he is (and isn't) making. We learn that the Port is in the middle of an extensive internal review of all their ... read more

It has been raining since Monday. It's now Wednesday. It did ease off somewhat, late last night: well, the rain stopped and the drizzle started at any rate. Am now in a little fishing hamlet called Telegraph Cove, right up on the North Coast of Vancouver Island. Am planning to stay on the island for another couple of days, and then jump on the ferry up to Prince Rupert. It's a fifteen hour long sailing, known as the Inside Passage, and is allegedly one of the most spectacular ferry journeys in the world. (I'll let you know my thoughts next time...) After I left Parksville last week, I headed north again, up to the towns of Cumberland, Courtney & Comox. Did a bit of cycling in gale force winds (about 18k: and somewhat bizarrely, the wind ... read more