The following images were all taken near the same location, ~49.24459/126.1232:

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Getting ready to launch from Whalers Rock
Taken on 2009-07-17 .
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Fog bow in the middle of the socked in crossing to Vargas Island
Taken on 2009-07-17 .
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Two bald eagles in Cow Bay in the morning
Taken on 2009-07-16 .
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Campers in other spots on Cow Bay
Taken on 2009-07-16 .
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Bull kelp at low tide in Cow Bay
Taken on 2009-07-16 .
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A yacht moored on the south side of Flores Island
Taken on 2009-07-16 .
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I walk through a cave on Kutkous Point
Taken on 2009-07-16 .
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I stop for a break on a beach on Kutkous Point
Taken on 2009-07-16 .
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I go looking for the other end of the cave I walked in on Kutkous Point
Taken on 2009-07-16 .
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Here is the other end of the cave I walked in on Kutkous Point
Taken on 2009-07-16 .
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I meet another group of kayakers on their way to Cow Bay
Taken on 2009-07-16 .
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Small rock, part of Whaler's Islet.
Taken on 2009-07-16 .
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Small rock, part of Whaler\'s Islet.
Taken on 2009-07-16 .
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Rounding Whalers Islet
Taken on 2009-07-16 .
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I landed on Whalers Islet to check it out
Taken on 2009-07-16 .
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Taken on 2009-07-16 .
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The Rest of my group caches up with me on Whalers Islet
Taken on 2009-07-16 .
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John Somers and Dave Harry join me on Whalers Islet
Taken on 2009-07-16 .
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A small arch on Bartlett Island
Taken on 2009-07-16 .
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Sea stars hanging on the roof of an arch at low tide
Taken on 2009-07-16 .
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I go rock gardening around Bartlett Island
Taken on 2009-07-16 .
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Don Barch joins me rock gardening around Bartlett Island
Taken on 2009-07-16 .
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We rock garden the rest of the way around Bartlett Island
Taken on 2009-07-16 .
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Don Barch paddles up a channel in Bartlett Island
Taken on 2009-07-16 .
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I explore a small island on the way back to camp
Taken on 2009-07-16 .
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The intrepid kayaker waiting for his friends on Whalers Islet
Taken on 2009-07-16 .
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Rock gardening down the west shore of Flores Island
Taken on 2009-07-15 .
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This time I skip the portage across the southwest point of Flores Island
Taken on 2009-07-15 .
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And take the shortcut through the slot instead
Taken on 2009-07-15 .
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Fog fills in the east side of Cow Bay
Taken on 2009-07-15 .
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The intrepid kayaker in the kelp approaching Cow Bay
Taken on 2009-07-13 .
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Our camp at the west end of Cow Bay on Flores Island
Taken on 2009-07-10 .
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Low tide made us wait to launch in the morning
Taken on 2009-07-10 .
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Patterns in the sand at low tide
Taken on 2009-07-10 .
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Low tide reveils the boiler and condenser from a shipwreck.
Taken on 2009-07-10 .
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Seaweed and patterns in the sand at low tide
Taken on 2009-07-10 .
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Looking back at our Cow Bay camp from a tidepool walk
Taken on 2009-07-10 .
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Seaweed and patterns in the sand at low tide
Taken on 2009-07-10 .
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A nearby river replenishes our fresh water supply
Taken on 2009-07-10 .
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A fearless bird on our beach
Taken on 2009-07-10 .
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A nearby river replenishes our fresh water supply
Taken on 2009-07-10 .
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Impatient to launch, we move the boats
Taken on 2009-07-10 .
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The tide comes up around the shipwreck
Taken on 2009-07-10 .
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I launch early and look back at camp
Taken on 2009-07-10 .
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Looking across to the other end of Cow Bay
Taken on 2009-07-10 .
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Examining the shape of giant kelp leaves
Taken on 2009-07-10 .
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Examining the shape of feather boa kelp
Taken on 2009-07-10 .
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Paddling through shallow kelp beds
Taken on 2009-07-10 .
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The forest comes down to the water on Flores Island
Taken on 2009-07-10 .
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I portage across a narrow isthmus
Taken on 2009-07-10 .
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My friends take the long way around
Taken on 2009-07-10 .
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A cabin on the side of the isthmus
Taken on 2009-07-10 .
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Looking back at the portage isthmus
Taken on 2009-07-10 .
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The long way around has a shortcut through a slot
Taken on 2009-07-10 .
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Another cabin in the wilderness on Flores Island
Taken on 2009-07-10 .
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Looking up the west shore of Flores Island
Taken on 2009-07-10 .
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Crossing over to Blunden Island
Taken on 2009-07-9 .
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Ken Kelton rounding Blunden Island
Taken on 2009-07-9 .
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Rounding Blunden Island
Taken on 2009-07-9 .
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We swing around Clealand Island to look at the bird rookery
Taken on 2009-07-9 .
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Trees on a rock in the Gerrard Group of islets
Taken on 2009-07-9 .
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The intrepid kayaker at Clealand Island
Taken on 2009-07-9 .
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The intrepid kayaker rock gardening in the Gerrard Group of islets
Taken on 2009-07-9 .
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