Shearwater and the nearby town of Bella Bella are the primary coastal communities between Port Hardy on Vancouver Island and Prince Rupert just short of Ketchikan. Bella Bella is the more populous but Shearwater is more tourist oriented.
The trip up from Kisameet was short, a little over 20 miles. Boat traffic concentrates in the channel (Lama Passage) approaching the area, fishing boats, cruisers and ferries. Both the B.C. and Alaskan ferries pass right by. We turned off towards Shearwater just as the Columbia, the Alaskan ferry going between Ketchikan and Bellingham came through the northern pass approaching Bella Bella.
We’ll be here just one night to do laundry and minor provisioning (we’re dangerously low of white wine!). Our plan is to head to Prince Rupert briskly and not poke around too much. We are taking the main route via Princess Royal Channel and Grenville Channel (aka “The Ditch”).
Today’s mileage – 20.5
Cumulative mileage – 525.7
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