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| Blunden Harbour sunrise |
A nice
morning in Blunden Harbour but chilly - 56F and it had been that way all
evening and through the night so not a momentary dip. We turned on the
heaters for the 1st time on the trip. As it was the first time this year
it took a bit to get them going.
We were keen to explore Blunden Harbour due to its history - including one of Emily Carr's famous paintings.
Emily Carr's Blunden Harbour. The foreshore and middens are First Nations land and signs ask that it be respected. We didn't go ashore but kayaked around the harbour, enjoying the history and surroundings.
Next trip was a dinghy run to explore Bradley Lagoon. The entrance is narrow and has powerful currents. We targeted over an hour after the low tide turned in Blunden Harbour and still experienced powerful ebb currents right in the narrows. 'Simplicity 46' published in Navionics that current slack is about 2 hours after tide turn. Seems about right. The low was 3.74' and we had 6' or more under the dinghy going through. I read somewhere that large boats make the run on high slack and have the entire Lagoon to themselves for anchoring. Based on our experience it could be done though by braver souls than us! Once in the Lagoon it was totally isolated with no evidence of modern civilization. We cut our trip short as hard rain started. Looks like lots of exploring opportunties there for another day.
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