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Thursday, August 09, 2012

Princess Louisa Inlet



We arrived in the legendary Princess Louisa Inlet after we passed through Malibu Rapids.  The approach to the end of the inlet is similar to what we had seen passing through the rest of Jervis Inlet – high, steep mountainous rock faces with towering cedars and firs clinging to what little root space they can dig themselves into.  We passed waterfall after high, tumbling waterfall, but once we cornered that last point and finally beheld the wonder that is Chatterbox Falls, only then did we know that we had most certainly arrived.  Couple that with the steep and towering cliff face directly above our anchorage and the crew was a bit gobsmacked as we entered the marine park.

After checking out the Provincial Park dock and finding no room, and after also finding no good anchor spots near the mouth of the falls, we tucked ourselves into a nice little corner of the inlet with a little waterfall of our own.  Our anchor went down in the dusky light of the evening.  We spent the whole next day floating and dingying around, hiking around the base of the waterfalls, and just soaking up the amazingness of the the British Columbia coastline.  What a truly special corner of the province.

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