A worthwhile Mission: Kakaying Kyuquot Sound's Mission Group

Summer 2009

This is an article from WaveLength Magazine, available in print in North America and globally on the web.

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Photo by Fran Solar

Just off Kyuquot Sound on Vancouver Island is a magical little cluster of islands called the Mission Group. It may well be the perfect kayaking destination, with sandy beaches, sea arches, a rich native history plus a sense of wildness magnified by the proximity to the wild and mythical Brooks Peninsula. Prime sea otter viewing.

photos courtesy Dave Pinel, West Coast Expeditions. See www.westcoastexpeditions.com

If you go:

You can launch from Fair Harbour in Kyuquot Sound or at Artlish River. A water taxi from Fair Harbour is the easy way to the archipelago, as is the MV Uchuck from Gold River. Accommodation is available at Sea Otter Lodge (see the ad page 43) while West Coast Expeditions hosts tours from a base camp on Spring Island in the Mission Group (see the ad page 46). Air Nootka provides the region's plane service.

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