Cow Bay to Shelter Inlet, July 10th 2009.

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Our camp at the west end of Cow Bay on Flores Island
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Approximate location: 49.27021N / 126.17315W.

Low tide made us wait to launch in the morning
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Approximate location: 49.27021N / 126.17315W.

Patterns in the sand at low tide
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Approximate location: 49.27021N / 126.17315W.

Low tide reveils the boiler and condenser from a shipwreck.
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Approximate location: 49.27021N / 126.17315W.

Seaweed and patterns in the sand at low tide
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Approximate location: 49.27021N / 126.17315W.

Looking back at our Cow Bay camp from a tidepool walk
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Approximate location: 49.27021N / 126.17315W.

Seaweed and patterns in the sand at low tide
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Approximate location: 49.27021N / 126.17315W.

A nearby river replenishes our fresh water supply
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Approximate location: 49.27021N / 126.17315W.

A fearless bird on our beach
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Approximate location: 49.27023N / 126.17313W.

A nearby river replenishes our fresh water supply
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Approximate location: 49.27023N / 126.17313W.

Impatient to launch, we move the boats
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Approximate location: 49.26933N / 126.17218W.

The tide comes up around the shipwreck
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Approximate location: 49.26879N / 126.1712W.

I launch early and look back at camp
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Approximate location: 49.2684N / 126.17122W.

Looking across to the other end of Cow Bay
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Approximate location: 49.2684N / 126.17122W.

Examining the shape of giant kelp leaves
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Approximate location: 49.26529N / 126.17637W.

Examining the shape of feather boa kelp
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Approximate location: 49.26529N / 126.17637W.

Paddling through shallow kelp beds
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Approximate location: 49.26531N / 126.17641W.

The forest comes down to the water on Flores Island
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Approximate location: 49.26295N / 126.18669W.

I portage across a narrow isthmus
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Approximate location: 49.26235N / 126.18714W.

My friends take the long way around
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Approximate location: 49.26235N / 126.18714W.

A cabin on the side of the isthmus
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Approximate location: 49.26227N / 126.18733W.

Looking back at the portage isthmus
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Approximate location: 49.26184N / 126.18841W.

The long way around has a shortcut through a slot
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Approximate location: 49.26164N / 126.188W.

Another cabin in the wilderness on Flores Island
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Approximate location: 49.26184N / 126.18849W.

Looking up the west shore of Flores Island
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Approximate location: 49.30357N / 126.22531W.

We start looking for a campsite on the west shore of Flores Island
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Approximate location: 49.3057N / 126.2251W.

Doug Hamiltorn poking into coves looking for a campsite
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Approximate location: 49.30617N / 126.22476W.

Trees growing on the clif just above the water
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Approximate location: 49.30625N / 126.22461W.

Doug Hamilton poking into coves looking for a camping beach
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Approximate location: 49.30651N / 126.22386W.

Will my kayak fit through there?
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Approximate location: 49.30825N / 126.22439W.

Beautiful rocky clif
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Approximate location: 49.3084N / 126.22409W.

Answer: No, our kayaks cannot go here at this tide
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Approximate location: 49.30846N / 126.22398W.

Don Barch finds another way
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Approximate location: 49.30853N / 126.22525W.

Beautiful rocky clif
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Approximate location: 49.30857N / 126.22529W.

Peak through to another beach
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Approximate location: 49.31179N / 126.22607W.

But it is a very small sand beach
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Approximate location: 49.3117N / 126.22707W.

Looking into a large cove
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Approximate location: 49.31151N / 126.22735W.

Don Barch in the end of the large cove
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Approximate location: 49.31164N / 126.2289W.

Rock gardening up the west shore of Flores Island
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Approximate location: 49.31475N / 126.23079W.

Waterfall on Flores Island
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Approximate location: 49.31514N / 126.23031W.

Rock gardening up the west shore of Flores Island
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Approximate location: 49.35554N / 126.23437W.