Barnard Harbour

Sunset in Barnard Harbour

We spent two nights in Barnard Harbour.  Last year when we were in here, there were no camps or resorts.  This year, we are in a month earlier and WestCoast Fish Camp is still in here.  We still managed to find a dock where once there was the five star "Pacific King Lodge" (now in receivership).  I think the mortality rate on businesses up here is quite high, there are so many factors for success, that it only takes one lean year to put them under.

There are a few fish around, Rick caught a nice 12-14 lb. Coho, but Mike and Ruby are at zero.  Lots of pinks and no whales.  Below is the photo of the Whale I took last year, with Gayle and myself in the dinghy.  The weather is still smoking hot, which is bringing out the little "no seeums" and with their itty bitty bites, leave these huge red welts all over your exposed skin!  A good spray of Raid in my bathroom before bed, yielded @ 150 dead bugs on my counter.  Good thing I did this as it would be a painful sleep with all those bugs!


Humpback Whale in Whale Passage - 2013

This has been the leanest year yet for seeing whales, although its the first time in about 7 years that we have seen Orca up here, but very few humpback.  Some years, there have been so many whales, we just sort of viewed them as everyday occurances.  Yet this year, our Federal Government has seemingly decided that there are plenty of Humpbacks and there is no need to protect them.  Our travels this year show this to be contrary.








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Humpback Whale in Whale Passage - 2014