Craigerrr's Travels

[Ward Chillington]

What's that song??? Let me tell ya ' bout the birds and the bees and the mushrooms and the trees

 

[Craigerrr]

Going fishing for salmon in the morning, tied my first jig, and got a one day license and a salmon tag!

 

[Herm brews]

Hopefully you do some catching while you are fishing.

 

[Zambi]

Thight lines Craig!

 

[Craigerrr]

According to the internet sunrise is supposed to be 5:16, when my alarm went off at 5 it was already daylight.

 

[Craigerrr]

Pink Salmon, cooked one up for lunch, will smoke the other one for another meal

 

[Craigerrr]

The Haisla tribe has been living in the North Coast region of British Columbia for over 9,000 years. They were some of the last natives to interact with famous explorers who navigated the Western coast of North America.

 

[Josh Hughes]

Thanks for these pics. Especially the historical ones.

 

[Craigerrr]

Hiking in The Great Bear Rain Forest today

 

[Craigerrr]

Very smokey today, the air is very still, apparently the smoke is making its way up the Douglas Channel.
Kitimat is the little black dot in the second image. The two fires to the south, and south west are listed as out of control, but pose no threat to us here.

 

[Over The Cliff Brewing]

Great pics and the info on the native tribes Keep'em coming.

 

[GFHomebrew]

Hell Yeah Craigerrr you've had a fantastic adventure.

Actually was watching a travel Doco on Canada recently and they went and visited a dude that carves these totems these days "keeping the spirit alive" also remember they visited a weed store and bought some medical grade THC to sort their "back pain" out.

Keep sending in the pic man they look great!

 

[Craigerrr]

This is a picture from a lookout at the end of the street. The water is Minette Bay which is at the end of the Douglas Channel.

 

[Craigerrr]

The Douglas Channel is one of the principal inlets of the British Columbia Coast. Its official length from the head of Kitimat Arm, where the aluminum smelter town of Kitimat to Wright Sound, on the Inside Passage ferry route, is 90 km. The depth of the channel is typically 140 meters, but up to 200 meters at its deepest. It is up to 5 kms wide in places. It is common to see Hump Back, and Orca Whales near Kitimat.

 

[GFHomebrew]

Fisherman's paradise!

 

[Craigerrr]

I didn't realize how far north Kitimat is, lattitude is 54 degrees north. By comparison James Bay is at a similar lattitude 53 degrees. James Bay at the bottom of Hudson Bay is way north. This would explain the long days here. Conversely in the summer the days are very short. It gets dark around 4, and daylight doesn't come until 8:45 or 9am.

 

[Donoroto]

Very cool Craig. I really like those camo waders, blends in with the background well. And yes, the stories and details are genuinely fascinating.

 

[Zambi]

lattitude is 54 degrees north

That always baffles me as the Netherlands is 53 degrees North...
Total different climate due to the warm gulf stream

 

[Craigerrr]

When I said
Conversely in the summer the days are very short.
I meant to say that the days are short in the winter...

 

[Craigerrr]

Stocking up for a big party on Sunday!