Sea Kayaking the Inside Passage

This is a chronicle of my solo kayak trip from San Juan Island in Washington's Puget Sound to Skagway Alaska via the Inside Passage and the Pacific Coast of Canada's British Columbia. Denis Dwyer

Friday, May 1, 2009

Breaching Humpback Whale off Peel Island

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MY PHOTOS AND ROUTE ON GOOGLE EARTH

Scroll down almost to the bottom of this page to see my campsites superimposed on interactive satellite images from Google Earth. Click on a photo and it will enlarge. Double click on the enlarged photo and a new screen will open with the coordinates and a larger image. Use the arrows to view photos others have taken in the vicinity.

VIEW ALL MY PHOTOS AS A FULL SCREEN SLIDE SHOW WITH CAPTIONS.

FIRST LEG - CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW
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SECOND LEG - PART ONE - CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW
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SECOND LEG - PART TWO - CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW
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Blog Archive

  • ▼ 2009 (94)
    • ▼ May (94)
      • Introduction
      • Day 1 - Friday - June 8 - San Juan Island to Prevo...
      • Day 2 - Saturday - June 9 - Prevost Harbor to Jame...
      • Day 3 - Sunday - June 10 - Layover at James Bay
      • Day 4 - Monday - June 11 - James Bay to Blackberry...
      • Day 5 - Tuesday - June 12 - Blackberry Point to Na...
      • Day 6 - Wednesday - June 13 - Layover day in Nanai...
      • Day 7 - Thursday - June 14 - Nanaimo to Ballenas I...
      • Day 8 - Friday - June 15 - Ballenas Island to Texa...
      • Day 9 - Saturday - June 16- Texada Island South to...
      • Day 10 - Sunday - June 17 - Texada Island north of...
      • Day 11 - Monday - June 18 - Shelter Point Regional...
      • Day 12 - Tuesday - June 19 - Grilse Point on Texad...
      • Day 13 - Wednesday - June 20 - Powell River to Nor...
      • Day 14 - Thursday - June 21 - North Copeland Islan...
      • Day 15 - Friday - June 22 - Layover day on North R...
      • Day 16 - Saturday - June 23 - North Rendezvous Isl...
      • Day 17 - Sunday - June 24 - Big Bay on Stuart Isla...
      • Day 18 - Monday - June 25 - Cordero Lodge to Hardw...
      • Day 19 - Tuesday - June 26 - Hardwicke Island to T...
      • Day 20 - Wednesday - June 27 - The Broken Islands ...
      • Day 21 - Thursday - June 28 - Bad weather layover ...
      • Day 22 - Friday - June 29 - Johnstone Strait near ...
      • Day 23 - Saturday - June 30 - Alder Bay to Peel Is...
      • Day 24 - Sunday - July 1 - Peel Island to Port Har...
      • THE SECOND LEG STARTS HERE
      • Day 1 - Tuesday - May 27 - Port Hardy to Shelter B...
      • Day 2 - Wednesday - May 28 - Shelter Bay to Skull ...
      • Day 3 - Thursday - May 29 - Skull Cove to Smith So...
      • Day 4 - Friday - May 30 - Smith Sound to Rivers In...
      • Day 5 - Saturday - May 31 - Duncanby Marina in Riv...
      • Day 6 - Sunday - June 1 - A beach south of Kwakume...
      • Day 7 - Monday - June 2 - Namu to Shearwater
      • Day 8 - Tuesday - June 3 - Layover day in Shearwat...
      • Day 9 - Wednesday - June 4 - Shearwater to Roar Is...
      • Day 10 - Thursday - June 5 - Roar Islet to Rescue ...
      • Day 11 - Friday - June 6 - Rescue Bay to Klemtu
      • Day 12 - Saturday - June 7 - Klemtu to Green Inlet...
      • Day 13 - Sunday - June 8 - Green Inlet to Butedale...
      • Day 14 - Monday June 9 - Butedale to Gribbell Isla...
      • Day 15 - Tuesday - June 10 - Gribbell Island to Ha...
      • Day 16 - Wednesday - June 11 - Hartley Bay to Mosl...
      • Day 17 - Thursday - June 12 - Bad weather day at M...
      • Day 18 - Friday - June 13 - Mosley Point to Nabann...
      • Day 19 - Saturday - June 14 - Nabannah Bay to Cree...
      • Day 20 - Sunday - June 15 - Creek across from Nort...
      • Day 21 - Monday - June 16 - Oona River to Kitson I...
      • Day 22 - Tuesday - June 17 - Kitson Island to Prin...
      • Day 23 - Wednesday - June 18 - Layover in Prince R...
      • Day 24 - Thursday - June 19 - Prince Rupert to Nor...
      • Day 25 - Friday - June 20 - North of Ryan Point to...
      • Day 26 - Saturday - June 21 - Flewin Point to Kana...
      • Day 27 - Sunday - June 22 - Kanagunut Island to Ca...
      • Day 28 - Monday - June 23 - Cape Fox bad weather l...
      • Day 29 - Tuesday - June 24 - Cape Fox bad weather ...
      • Day 30 - Wednesday - June 25 - Cape Fox to North C...
      • Day 31 - Thursday - June 26 - North Cape Fox to an...
      • Day 32 - Friday - June 27 - An island off Kah Shak...
      • Day 33 - Saturday - June 28 - Cone Point to Ketchi...
      • Day 34 - Sunday - June 29 - Layover day in Ketchik...
      • Day 35 - Monday - June 30 - Ketchikan to Point Hig...
      • Day 36 - Tuesday - July 1 - Point Higgins to Nibla...
      • Day 37 - Wednesday - July 2 - Niblack Point to Mey...
      • Day 38 - Thursday - July 3 - Myers Chuck to Change...
      • Day 39 - Friday - July 4 - Change Island to Blake ...
      • Day 40 - Saturday - July 5 - Blake Island to Wrang...
      • Day 41 - Sunday - July 6 - Wrangell layover
      • Day 42 - Monday - July 7 - Wrangell to Frederick S...
      • Day 43 - Tuesday - July 8 - Frederick Sound to Pet...
      • Day 44 - Wednesday - July 9 - Petersburg layover
      • Day 45 - Thursday - July 10 - Petersburg to Bay no...
      • Day 46 - Friday - July 11 - Bay north of Point Van...
      • Day 47 - Saturday - July 12 - Whitney Island to Ho...
      • Day 48 - Sunday - July 13 - Hobart Bay to Sand Bay...
      • Day 49 - Monday - July 14 - Sand Bay to Point Anme...
      • Day 50 - Tuesday - July 15 - Point Anmer to Taku I...
      • Day 51 - Wednesday - July 16 - Taku Inlet to Junea...
      • Day 52 - Thursday - July 17 - Layover day in Junea...
      • Day 53 - Friday - July 18 - Juneau to Auke Bay
      • Day 54 - Saturday - July 19 - Storm layover day in...
      • Day 55 - Sunday - July 20 - Auke Bay to Point Brid...
      • Day 56 - Monday - July 21 - Point Bridget to South...
      • Day 57 - Tuesday - July 22 - Storm layover day sou...
      • Day 58 - Wednesday - July 23 - South of Sherman Po...
      • Day 59 - Thursday - July 24 - A beach near Eldred ...
      • Days 60 to 62 - Friday to Sunday - July 25 to 27 -...
      • Day 63 - Monday - July 28 - Haines to Skagway
      • EQUIPMENT EVALUATION
      • TRIP EVALUATION
      • CAMPSITE COORDINATES
      • THE NATURAL WORLD
      • SOME THOUGHTS ON PADDLING THE INSIDE PASSAGE
      • Breaching Humpback Whale off Peel Island
      • Web Ring

About Me

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Denis Dwyer
Metairie, Louisiana, United States
Here is a list of places I have explored. -Prince William Sound Alaska 1987 Sea Kayak -Belize 1991 Sea Kayak -Johnstone Strait, three trips Sea Kayak -Clayoquot Sound BC, Sea Kayak -San Juan Islands WA, Sea Kayak -Baja, Sea of Cortez and Scammons Lagoon, Sea Kayak -Horn Island off MS coast, roughly 20 trips over 15 years, Sea Kayak -Lake Pontchartrain LA 24 mile crossing, Sea Kayak -St. Vincent Island FL, two circumnavigations, Sea Kayak -Dauphin Island AL to Gulfport MS, Sea Kayak -Green River UT, 120 miles, canoe -Granite River MN, BWCA, canoe -Rio Grand River TX, Big Bend NP, canoe -Chattooga River GA, section 3 canoe, section 4 raft -Nantahala River NC, many runs in canoe, kayak, and raft -Ocoee River, TN, many runs, canoe and raft -Buffalo River AR, 2 trips, canoe -Locust Fork AL, many runs, canoe -Snake River WY,4 runs canoe -American River, CA, raft -Salmon River, ID, raft -1980 NOLS course in the Wind River Mountains of WY -1991 Mount Rainer summit -1989 Freemont Peak WY summit -1990 Windom Peak CO summit -Numerous open canoe runs of small rivers in LA, MS, and FL -Hundreds of miles backpacking in GA, TN, UT, AZ, WY, CO, CA, WA, and AK
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CONTACT ME

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HELPFUL LINKS FOR KAYAKERS

  • A wonderful film on Oona River
  • Alaska Marine Highway
  • Alaskan Lighthouses
  • An Inside Passage story by Colin McDonald
  • Athropolis - All things arctic
  • Avoiding Bear Encounters
  • BC Ferry System
  • British Columbia Lighthouses
  • Early Explorers of the Pacific Northwest
  • Encyclopedia of Life
  • Go Wild 2009 Inside Passage Expedition
  • Google Earth
  • Google Image Search
  • Kayaking.com - web site
  • MapQuest
  • Nature Along the Inside Passage
  • Orca Lab
  • Paddle Sports Training Exercises
  • Roll Aid for kayakers
  • Sea Wing Kayak Sponsons
  • SeeKayak.com
  • The British Columbia Marine Trails Network
  • The Great Bear Rainforest (video)
  • The Inside Passage Registry and Information
  • The Kermode or Spirit Bear (video)
  • The Mid Coast of British Columbia on the Curve of Time
  • The Wild Coast
  • Wavelength Magazine
  • West Coast Paddler
  • World Kayak

Canadian Weather Forecast (This takes about 30 seconds to access)

  • http://denis.fileave.com/Canadian weather forecast.wav

Alaska Weather Forecast (This takes about 30 seconds to access)

  • http://denis.fileave.com/Alaska weather forecast 2.wav

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THESE ARE ARE THE LAST THREE MINUTES OF MY INSIDE PASSAGE KAYAK TRIP

A VIDEO MESSAGE FROM DENIS

Launch point and campsite 1 on San Juan Island to 13 on Rendezvous Island.

Campsites 13 on Rendezvous Island to 28 at Namu.

Campsites 29 at Shearwater to 39 on Grenville Channel opposite Northness Point.

Campsites 39 in Grenville Channel to 52 at Niblack Point

Campsites 53 at Myers Chuck to 60 on Whitney Island in Stephens Passage.

Campsites 61 in Hobart Bay to 69 in Lynn Canal near Eldred Rock

Campsites 64 on Stephens Passage to 71 at Skagway

Humpback Whales Feeding - Inside Passage Alaska - Video by Tillman Farley

Humpback Whales and Sea Lions - Video by Tillman Farley

Humpback Whales feeding in Sand Bay on Stephens Passage in Southeast Alaska