DESOLATION--Inside Passage part 2

Desolation Sound is a deep water sound in British Columbia, Canada. It’s a favorite destination for boaters because of its spectacular fjords, mountains, and wildlife.

Prior to the arrival of Europeans the sound was inhabited for thousands of years by tribes of Native Americans.

The inside passage of what is now British Columbia, Canada was first charted in 1792.  Two expeditions led by Captains George Vancouver of England,  and Dionisio Galiano and Valdes y Flores from Spain arrived the same summer and cooperated in the mapping of the area.

Vancouver named Desolation Sound saying, “There was not a single prospect that was pleasing to the eye.” 

I think he was having a bad day. He’d been sent there to find a water passage across Canada—which didn’t exist, and had just discovered the Spanish had already been there months ahead of him.

Of course his living conditions probably weren’t as pleasant as ours.  Even though our cabins were “cozy;” the company was friendly, the ride on the restored boat was an adventure and a joy, and the food was the definition of delicious.

 Ballenas Light in the Strait of Georgia

After leaving Bellingham, Washington, and cruising through the San Juan Islands of Puget Sound, we stopped for provisions in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island and then continued on across the Strait of Georgia.

Schooner being passed by a “Super Ferry” in the San Juan Islands

Though we got caught in a downpour in Nanaimo, 

most of the weather had been sunny or overcast with only a breeze to fill the sails of pleasure craft.

Desolation Sound from the deck of the David B

DESTINATION--Inside Passage part 1

DESOLATION--Inside Passage part 2

RESTORATION--Inside Passage part 3

PROVISIONS--Inside Passage part 4

DETERMINATION--Inside Passage part 5

IMMERSION--Inside Passage part 6

NAVIGATION--Inside Passage part 7

OBSERVATION--Inside Passage part 8
ILLUMINATION--Inside Passage part 9
EXHIBITION--Inside Passage part 10