Broken Island Group

After Ucluelet we spent 3 days in the Broken Island Group. We anchored up in the Dodd Island Anchorage. It’s a big anchorage with lots of room for a number of boats. There is also a camping site there for Kayakers.

We had a bit of a mixed bag of weather. It was lovely and sunny the day we arrived.

The next day we were planning to go to another anchorage but it was drizzly and foggy. So we decided to just hang out and relax.

We had a hummingbird come looking for a feeder so we made up a fresh batch of hummingbird juice and put out the feeder.

And then we were swarmed ! It was like a a buzzing hive of hummingbirds around the feeder ! In 24 hours they consumed 2 full cups of juice. There were 6-7 there at any given time. At times there was two on one spout.

I felt bad leaving them the next morning!

We decided we were going to do a tour of the Broken Island Group and chose another spot to anchor for the night. This area is part of the Pacific Rim National Park and a very popular kayaking spot. There are a number of campgrounds for kayakers. You can only get here by boat. And only camp in designated campgrounds. We saw a lot of kayakers as we motored about.

As we were traveling around we heard a gale warning announced on the VHF radio for the area for the next day. So we decided to head straight across Imperial Eagle Channel and into Bamfield for the night instead of being stuck in The Broken Island group on anchor in 30 knot winds. Which was a smart move in the end.