Terracentric Coastal Adventures

09/09/2024

We are still open and running tours in this last stretch of Summer!

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08/20/2024

Give us a call or check us out online to book your next adventure!

Don't forget that you can add on a delicious lunch to any of our 6 hour tours- always made fresh with local ingredients and flavours that are sure to delight.

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08/15/2024

With our delicious artisanal picnic lunches available as an add-on option for all our full day boat and kayak tours, the whole experience becomes a feast for all the senses!

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08/05/2024

Here are some tours this week with room to join!
Give us a call or book in online at www.terracentricadventures.com

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07/30/2024

Now's your chance to experience the stunning sights of Toba Inlet! We have room for 4 people to join us on August 1st.

Water falls, wildlife, dramatic landscapes...Toba has it all. This exciting trip includes visits to not only the beautiful & remote Toba Inlet, but you will also be visiting the Copeland Islands Marine Park, Desolation Sound Marine Park, and so much more in between. Don't miss out!

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07/24/2024

Sunset Tours!

Escape the crowds on a peaceful 3 hour evening boat tour and experience a stunning sunset panorama from the best seat in the house. 🌄

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07/22/2024

Call our office to book your next adventure!

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07/21/2024

Spectacular Desolation Sound!

The focus of all our half and full day boat tours is to give people an understanding of what makes this place so special by sharing some of the human history, taking in the scenery and observing and learning about the wildlife, both big and small.

Have you been? If not, we invite you to come explore with us!

Photo credits: Simon Hollows, Zodiac skipper / guide

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07/15/2024

Some upcoming tours in Lund with room to join! Give our office a call to book in.

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07/08/2024

Some upcoming tours available this week! Call our office or book online at www.terracentricadventures.com

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07/03/2024

Happening tomorrow! Give our office a call if you would like to join!

07/02/2024

Nothing brings people together like a kayak camping trip!

With good company, great food and gorgeous scenery, our guests get to relax, make memories and connect with each other and themselves.

We are so grateful to be able to help people have meaningful experiences in nature.
Photo Credit: Jan Roemer

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06/30/2024

Attention Sunshine Coast Trail visitors! BC Parks is collaborating with Rec Sites and Trails BC to create a Visitor Use Management Strategy for the Sunshine Coast Trail, and we want to hear from you about what you love about this trail and what needs improvement.

The world-renowned trail, located in the Powell River area, stretches over 180 kilometres and includes majestic coastal shorelines, old growth forests, lakes, and panoramic mountaintops. It is the longest hut-to-hut hiking trail in Canada, with 15 first-come, first-served huts along the trail, tenting options, and several access points for those wishing to visit smaller sections of the trail.

The Sunshine Coast Trail has been experiencing growing visitor use in recent years, and your feedback is important to us as we develop strategies to ensure sustainable usage of this beautiful trail.

To access the survey, click here: https://bit.ly/3L30UJe

Photo credit: Matthew Masa for Sunshine Coast Tourism

06/29/2024

Kayak Lesson, July 4th, 4 hours

If you've never practiced actually getting out of your kayak (from on the water) or know that you can get yourself back in, it's time!
In this lesson we will cover some of the key basics - stability, strokes, wet exits and assisted rescues!
Brush up on your strokes and skills just in time for summer!

$89 per person
604.483.7900 or send us a message!
Photo Credit: Trina Moldenhauer

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05/28/2024

Mark your calendars for this super offering from the Marine Education & Research Society!

Dr. Marianne Nyegaard will be delivering a FREE webinar on Mola/ Sunfish. This Family-friendly event will be held June 7th @ 1:30pm PDT. Find more details and register through the link in the post below.

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[Recording of the Marvellous Mola webinar is now available for you here https://youtu.be/bLKdDKqJ1Jc ]

FREE Ocean Day webinar about Mola / Sunfish with world-renowned scientist.
Because, HOLY MOLA they live HERE off the coast of BC!

There are TWO species found in BC waters. The Mola in this photo is a Mola mola (Ocean Sunfish). The other Mola species found in these waters is the Mola tecta (Hoodwinker Sunfish).

Join us on June 7th, 2024 at 1:30 pm PDT to learn about these astounding species as ambassadors of the biodiversity in our waters and how much more there is to discover, even about giant fish that can be over 3 metres long.
We are so lucky that Dr. Marianne Nyegaard herself will provide this webinar. No one knows more about the Mola in BC waters than she does. It’s her work that led to a new species being recognized AND that it’s known that this species is off our coast.

Join us to marvel at Mola! Register here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/ce53ca1d-fc78-482a-a92c-3bfc52ecdb61

The content will be appropriate for all ages but the educational approach will be aimed at elementary school students and they will be the priority for discussion and answering questions. The webinar will be ~30 minutes followed by ~15 minutes for questions.

Photo is by Tashi Townley - Mola mola in Kyuoquot Sound with Megan Komori-Kennedy and Violet Komori.


Sunfish Research

05/26/2024

If you’re an active and adventurous middle-aged woman who is ready to strengthen your relationship with the natural world, gain a deeper understanding of your changing body, and find a deep, lasting sisterhood, then join us for a sea kayaking expedition that will give you all the clarity and self-empowerment you need to truly thrive.

This trip is a collaboration together with our colleague Renée Baron of Shift Adventure & Wellness.
https://www.wildwomanawakening.org/

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05/14/2024

Last minute spots available!

Learn about the wildlife and history of the area with a fun & knowledgeable guide!

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05/05/2024

Known locally as the Ragged Islands, this archipelago just north of Lund is a destination for both our day and multiday tours. Made up of 18 islands and islets, there are a few picnic spots and two main camping areas with plenty of tent platforms overlooking the Salish Sea, making it a great spot for kayak campers traveling between Lund and Desolation Sound.
This area is vulnerable to the impacts of recreational users of the islands with its rocky dry terrain and guests in this marine park should practice "Leave No Trace" (as always in any location in the outdoors!) and be respectful of culturally significant areas as they enjoy the beauty and shelter the islands provide.

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05/02/2024

Oh, the places we go...CORTES ISLAND!

Cortes is a boaters paradise, both motorized and human powered, with its many bays, fascinating reefs and tidal lagoons.
It is approximately 25 km long and 13 km wide, and the southern half lies in the rain shadow of Vancouver Island, making that part of the island much drier than the rest. It's also where you'll find most of the residents living.
There is much beauty to take in and many stories to share at places such as Mansons Landing, Gorge Harbour, Whaletown and Von Donop.
At Squirrel Cove, one can find the village and governance centre of the Klahoose Nation, whose people have lived and stewarded the lands in this area since time immemorial.

Terracentric likes to visit the island via circumnavigation on a full day boat tour, or while paddling on multi-day sea kayak tours. Visiting Cortes is one our guides favourite trips!

photos:
Gorge Harbour
Cortes Island, looking West

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04/19/2024

Oh, the places we go... MITLENATCH ISLAND!

Mitlenatch, a name from the ʔayʔaǰuθəm (Tla'amin) language, meaning “calm waters all around” is offered referred to as the Galapagos of the Strait.
It is a small rocky island that resides in Vancouver Island's "rain shadow" and has uniquely semi-arid conditions that result in about half the annual rain fall as nearby Campbell River. Because of these conditions, there is actually a native species of coastal cactus that bloom in the last half of June here. Wildflower meadows are best seen in May or sometimes even earlier.
There are also plenty of opportunities to observe and photograph wildlife as well, as Mitlenatch Island Nature Park is home to the largest seabird colony in the Salish Sea (Strait of Georgia).
If you have't been, it really ought to be on your local bucket list!

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04/15/2024

Oh the places we go.....SARAH POINT!

The northernmost point of the Sunshine Coast Trail, Canada's longest hut to hut hiking trail begins at Sarah Point at the tip of the Malaspina Peninsula. With our Zodiac, we can get into close in to shore, and help get you & your gear safely ashore to begin your hike. Perfect for small groups of 2 or 3 persons!
The traditional indigenous name of the point is saysimaʔaq, meaning wind blowing in every direction, which as always is a much more descriptive and useful name than 'Sarah' a name given by Captain George Vancouver in honour of one of his sisters!
BC Parks has put in some tent platforms great for hikers or paddlers (coming in at the right tide) and just outside the park boundary, is the Sarah Point hut, erected by the volunteers of qPAWS who are the amazing stewards of the trail.

04/11/2024

Oh the places we go...WADDINGTON CHANNEL!

Located between East and West Redonda Islands, this channel includes some well known locations such as Roscoe Bay (Black Lake), Pendrell Sound and Walsh Cove Marine Park, a sheltered group of islets ideal for anchoring, swimming and kayaking. Historically significant and visually stunning, one can see indigenous pictographs, remnants of recent homestead settlements and beautiful landscapes of stunning green trees, tall granite cliffs and the top of East Redonda, Mt. Addenbroke (1590 m or 5216 feet) rising up dramatically from the sea.
We often travel Waddington Channel as part of our route on our full-day Wild Coast boat tours or on longer multiday kayaking trips.

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04/08/2024

Oh, the places we go...TOBA INLET

Surrounded by impressive coast mountains and fed by glacial run off which turns the water a lovely turquoise, Toba Inlet is a shining example of the beauty found in isolation. At only 35 km long, is it one of the smaller inlets on the coast and lies within the traditional lands of the Klahoose Nation, who have lived there since time immemorial calling it Yekwamen. The first colonial name, Canal de la Tabla, was given by Spanish explorers in 1792 because of a significant archeological find.

Our longer 8 hour Zodiac boat tour visits this inlet and going in the spring or early summer is the best time to view the beautiful waterfalls.

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04/04/2024

Oh, the places we go...HOMFRAY CHANNEL

Homfray Channel's Coast Salish name is Thee chum mi yich, meaning "further back inside". The channel is within the territory of the Klahoose First Nation and is the way we often travel when we are heading towards Toba Inlet on our zodiac boat tours or multiday kayak trips.

Located between East Redonda Island and the mainland, it has steep granite cliffs coloured by lichens, water and the greens of the intertidal zone, which adds to the already dramatic landscape.

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04/01/2024

Oh, the places we go...REFUGE COVE!

Refuge Cove was established in 1913, and the community grew quickly, with enough children to merit building a school (2014) and the first version of the popular store built in 1918! Earning the title of "Social Centre of the Sound" in the 1920s, settlers came from far and wide for the Saturday night dances held in the hall behind the general store. By 1931, the population had reached 200.
These days, while there are only a dozen year-round residents, it still draws flocks of boaters looking to refuel at the gas dock, or provision at the well stocked store. A seasonal restaurant & gallery round out the offerings!
Refuge Cove is a stop on our Desolation Sound boat tours!

Photos:
The General Store at Refuge Cove in June 1942. Betty Yerex Collection
School teacher of Refuge Cove, Sydney Taylor, 1942. BC Archives
"Kayak Parking", Love your RV! Blog

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