This morning, National Geographic Sea Bird awoke in the port of Prince Rupert in British Columbia, Canada. At anchor we awaited clearance from immigration and were pleasantly surprised that we were heaving anchor and on our way within a few hours. Cruising south we explored the beautiful Grenville Channel, a 56-mile-long fjord and fault line that runs between Pitt Island and mainland British Columbia. The beautifully rounded landscape carved by ice was covered largely in red cedar which is a change from the temperate rainforest of Alaska that is predominately Sitka spruce and western hemlock.
The ship turned around at Lowe Inlet, a beautiful side fjord of Grenville Channel. Looking up Lowe we could see old pilings from a cannery that processed salmon from 1890-1934. Like Southeast Alaska, this coastline was dotted with canneries back in the day and at that time there were hundreds of people living along this coastline.
Heading back north we soaked up the sun on the bow and started making our way towards our crossing of Hecate Strait towards Haida Gwai.
