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We have a raft of about 100 sea otters that live just
five minutes from Kyuquot, all year round. The waters of Brooks
Peninsula are home to BC's sea otter population.
 Decimated
by the fur trade in the early 1900s, and completely wiped out
in BC by the late 1920s, sea otters from Alaska were transplanted
to the northwest coastal waters in 1969-1972. The present population
on Vancouver Island is estimated at 2000.
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| Kayaking is one
of the most popular activities here in this remote area of the
west coast of Vancouver Island. You may find the links at right
useful if kayaking is something you're interested in. |
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Darrell Jack at the Rediscovery Camp, gets ready (at left)
for an evening of song and dance at Battle Bay in the Brooks Peninsula.
Alex Jules, who works with the Rediscovery Camp, says all kayakers
are welcome to drop in at any time to visit.
Rediscovery will have three separate camp-outs in August. Camps
will be at Rugged Point, Spring Island, and Battle Bay. Camp dates
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Hiking through the trail on Spring Island in March.
Spring, Aktis and Mission Island are the only Islands in our
area with no resident predators such as cougars, wolves and
bears. so deer are plentiful and it's a safe environment for
families.
Hikers out in the Brooks Peninsula
Don catching dinner (Jackobson Pt)
Spring Island had a weather station back in the 1960's. This
trail used to be a road for hauling supplies up to the 12
or so people that operated the radio station on Spring Island.
This trail takes you through the middle of the island to some
of the most beautiful beaches surrounding the Kyuquot area.
Brooks Peninsula Provincial Park
There are no facilities available in the undeveloped park.
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Elaine prepares fire for catch
of the day (Jackobson Pt)
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Brooks Peninsula Provincial Park is located on
the northwest coast of Vancouver Island. There is no road access
to the park. Boat access is from Fair Harbour and Kyuquot on
Kyuquot Sound.
Explore the wild ocean coastline, pristine
estuaries, fjords, old-growth forests and rugged mountain ranges
or join a multi-day sea kayaking expedition. Features of the
park vary from intertidal and beach areas to alpine and subalpine
regions. Archaeological sites containing the remnants of cultures
that thrived here over the past several thousand years have
been identified in the area.
The park is home to the Marbled Murrelet
that nests in the thick moss of old-growth coastal rain forest.
These birds spend their whole life at sea except when they go
ashore to nest. The natural nesting habitat of the Marbled Murrelet
has been threatened by clearcut logging of the old coastal forests.
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Acous is one of the last places in Kyuquot to remind
us of how our ancestors lived. The remaining totem poles lay
on the ground. Tourists are welcome to come and take pictures.
No camping is allowed: day trips only.
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Cabin on Thornton Island, built by George Sirk in the 1970's,
located 1 1/2 miles Southwest of Union Island.
Everyone is welcome to stay at this cabin. The cabin is located
on the Northeast side of the island.
Thornton Island is a nesting place for many birds such as seagulls,
eagles, ducks, crows, and many other birds.
If you paddle in on the East side of Thornton Island, there
is a gravel beach where you can go ashore.
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Seagulls nesting on Thornton Island.
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Cabin on Thornton Island
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Surfer's beach and Jackobson Point,
Brooks Peninsula
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