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Volume 3: A Kayaking, Hiking and Recreation Guide for the South B.C. Coast and East Vancouver Island (The Wild Coast)
 
 
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Volume 3: A Kayaking, Hiking and Recreation Guide for the South B.C. Coast and East Vancouver Island (The Wild Coast) [Paperback]

John Kimantas (Author)

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The Wild Coast January 1, 2010

So far, John Kimantas' best-selling Wild Coast series has taken kayaking and outdoor enthusiasts along the north and west coast of Vancouver Island and British Columbia's central and north coast. The Wild Coast 3 completes, for the first time, a kayaking network across the entire B.C. coast.

The Wild Coast 3 provides explorers with everything they need to know to journey along the south coast and east Vancouver Island, from Victoria to Port McNeill. Written from first-hand research, this point-by-point guide, designed for kayakers but usable by anyone on the coast, describes the details, hazards, geography, ecology, history, hikes and attractions of each location. Colorful maps and color photography accompany the text.

This book provides information for the following locations:

  • The Gulf Islands
  • The Discovery Islands
  • Sechelt Inlet
  • Johnstone Strait
  • Desolation Sound
  • Knight Inlet
  • Jervis Inlet
  • Broughton Archipelago
  • Quadra Island
  • Queen Charlotte Strait.

Kayakers, adventurous travelers, curious tourists and armchair readers alike will find The Wild Coast, Volume 3 to bean indispensable guide to British Columbia's magnificent coast.


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With numerous color photos, maps and easy-accessed information, this 536-page volume is a must for coastal travelers. (Victoria News 20070810)

Explorers will want to be sure they pick up [this book] ... a must for coastal travellers. (Oak Bay News (Victoria BC) 20070810)

[Kimantas] is a great writer, making the book both comprehensive and fun to read... This is a kayaker's essential manual. (Matt J. Simmons Monday Magazine (Victoria BC) 20070816)

The photographs in this beautifully illustrated handbook make you want to grab a paddle and hop into a kayak. (Bruce MacKenzie Times-Colonist (Victoria BC)1 20070819)

If you kayak, you need this book ... It could change you from a timid kayaker into a confident one. (Ali Vail Parksville/Qualicum Beach New 20070824)

About the Author

John Kimantas is an editor, journalist and photographer who has worked on newspapers across Canada. He is a kayaking and outdoor enthusiast. This is his third book.


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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
gulf islands, vessel traffic services, provincial park, mill bay, bold head, separation point, boat bay, upper rapids, current passage, secret cove, most tide levels, commercial base camp, kayak skid, ebb southeast, forest recreation site, clamshell beach, ment wharf, upland access, tent icon, lower tide levels, northern abalone, flood northwest, most kayakers, ebb north, public wharf
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Wild Coast, Johnstone Strait, Vancouver Island, Active Pass, The North Georgia Basin, Saltspring Island, First Nations, Desolation Sound, Strait of Georgia, Campbell River, The Broughtons, Jervis Inlet, Central Discovery Islands, Cape Mudge, Powell River, Knight Inlet, Seymour Narrows, Alert Bay, Portland Island, Porlier Pass, Mayne Island, Quadra Island, Malcolm Island, Broughton Archipelago, Prevost Island
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