The year – from winter shipyard near Vancouver, BC, to Alaska’s glaciers – aboard the SV Maple Leaf and her inside passage small ship cruises. Photos by Maple Leaf’s talented crew and guests in 2011. Enjoy! (Click the Play button … Continue reading
From the Great Bear Rainforest trip by Maple Leaf Adventures. Don’t know where the Great Bear Rainforest is? It’s part of the Inside Passage, specifically Canada’s Inside Passage. You can learn about the area here.
– G R E A T B E A R R A I N F O R E S T – Sep 15, 2011 – Hartley Bay and environs: Just back to the ship after an awesome experience with … Continue reading
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The SV Maple Leaf takes us to places other people rarely, if ever, reach. This spectacular beach on the west coast of the Great Bear Rainforest provided superb beachcombing, wildlflowers including vetch and “indian paintbrush”, shorebird viewing, vistas off to … Continue reading
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Maple Leaf and her crew have been out in the Gulf Islands over the past few weeks, with our team-building and sail training program for youth. The earlyish spring this year is glorious in the islands – making for great … Continue reading
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The bounty of brewery, island farms, and nature were evident every day on this trip. Paul Hadfield, the “father” of so much in craft brewing in B.C. kicked the trip off with a great tasting finished with a couple of … Continue reading
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Playful stellar sea lions, bird colonies, and spectacular vistas across an inland sea filled with islands. These are a few of the highlights from our Gulf Islands National Park 5-day adventure cruise. Great winds for sailing among the islands on … Continue reading
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Spectacular week in the Broughton Archipelago (southern Great Bear Rainforest). The ultimate in whale watching, as we spent several days with the A30s and A36s of the northern resident killer whale community. Pacific whitesided dolphins (darting among the killer whales … Continue reading
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Started the trip with a great visit by the A36s northern resident killer whales, swimming under a rainbow. Humpback whales, Dalls porpoise, black bear, rainforest walks and a special viewing of 4 transient killer whales to round out our week-long … Continue reading
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Hard to say whether the stars of the trip were the spirit bears or the grizzly bear sow teaching her cub to swim in the river in front of us. But it could also have been the spectacular salmon filling … Continue reading
