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2013 Maple Leaf Shipyard Report

Posted on March 12, 2013 by admin

Here is the installment for 2013 – what we’ve done to Maple Leaf to take care of her and make her better than ever! It was a balmy shipyard this year, with plenty of sunshine and relatively warm temperatures in … Continue reading →

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Reaching “Wild Heaven”: Outside Magazine Awards & Haida Gwaii

Posted on March 12, 2013 by admin

Outside Magazine Recognizes Maple Leaf Adventures and Haida Gwaii in Its 2013 Active Travel Awards VICTORIA, BC – March 12, 2013 – “This is wild heaven.” With that description, the editors of Outside magazine, one of the world’s biggest travel … Continue reading →

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Prince Andrew on wilderness travel in Canada: It rekindles your youth – we agree

Posted on February 28, 2013 by admin

Maureen is at an event in London mounted by the Canadian Tourism Commission to promote some of its “Signature Experiences” of Canada. (Maple Leaf Adventures has a signature experience – our Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands) tour.) It’s been a … Continue reading →

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Sail into Spring on the BC Coast and Fly Free – Book by Feb. 28

Posted on January 28, 2013 by admin

Receive up to $550 in flight value Spring on British Columbia’s west coast comes earlier than in much of North America. Expedition cruise company Maple Leaf Adventures is so keen for people to understand this, they’re offering a free one-way … Continue reading →

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Award-winning Maple Leaf Adventures offers cruising for the adventurous set

Posted on January 24, 2013 by admin

Epic 2013 schooner tours reveal the Americas’ remotest coasts according to Earth’s natural rhythms Jan. 25 , 2013, Victoria, BC – British Columbia-based Maple Leaf Adventures’ 2013 journeys by schooner or yacht showcase the remotest coastal rainforests, fjords, islands and … Continue reading →

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Great Bear Rainforest named as “Best of the World” by National Geographic Traveler

Posted on December 3, 2012 by admin

Dec. 4, 2012, Victoria, BC – The Great Bear Rainforest, stretching more than 400 kilometres along the northwest coast of British Columbia, has been named as one of the “Best of the World” trips for 2013 by National Geographic Traveler. … Continue reading →

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Artists for an Oil Free Coast – The Expedition & the Art

Posted on November 29, 2012 by admin

Maple Leaf Adventures is proud to have welcomed some of BC’s most accomplished landscape artists and carvers aboard this year as part of an art expedition, organized by Mark Hobson and Raincoast Conservation Foundation, in Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest. Now, … Continue reading →

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Sailing Cruises Inside Passage, BC, Alaska, Haida Gwaii 2013

Posted on November 6, 2012 by admin

We’re pleased to publish the catalogue of adventures for our 2013 season of sailing cruises in BC and Alaska’s Inside Passage and Haida Gwaii, as well as our Galapagos Islands cruise tours. Download the 2013 Maple Leaf Adventures catalogue and … Continue reading →

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BC Eco-Cruise Company Receives Nod from Parks Canada National Sustainable Tourism Award

Posted on October 18, 2012 by admin

Oct. 18, 2012 – Victoria, BC – Ecotourism in British Columbia received national recognition this month, as the Victoria-based adventure sailing cruise company Maple Leaf Adventures was named one of three finalists for the Parks Canada Sustainable Tourism Award. Maple … Continue reading →

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Maple Leaf Summer Work Party Update

Posted on August 31, 2012 by admin

After travelling south for over a thousand nautical miles on two great trips, from Sitka, Alaska, to Vancouver Island, BC, the Maple Leaf approached the dock in Port McNeill on August 10. It was time for her summer spa treatment … Continue reading →

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