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Cruising the Secret Coast Index

A

A-frame Logging sidebar 146
Abandoned Cove 202, 204
Actaeon Sound 71-76
Actress Passage 72
Adams Harbour 154, 156, 159
Admiral Group 214, 220
Ahclakerho Basin 115, 117, 118
Ahclakerho Channel 113, 115, 116-118
Ahclakerho Islands 26, 111, 115-117
Ahclakerho Passage 115, 117
Albert Head 48
Alison Sound 95, 105, 107
    head of 108
Alison Sound Pictographs sidebar 95, 108
Allard Bay 143, 144
Alleyne Cove 229, 231
Alleyne Island 229, 230
Anchoring 27-33

anchor alarm 30
anchor buoy 30
communication between bow & helm 29
ground tackle 27
holding ratings 27
selecting an anchorage 28
setting 28
snubber 29
stern anchor 32
stern-tying 31
tandem anchors 33
windlass 28

B

Back Door Anchorage 201, 202
Bamford Lagoon 94, 101
Bardswell Group 229-245
bears 21
Beaver Cove 128, 131, 132
Beaver Harbour 79-83
Beaver Harbour Park 79, 82
Belize Inlet 94, 105-109
  approaches to 86-91
Bond Cove 72, 73
Bond Lagoon 3, 73, 74
Boswell Cove 113, 123, 124
Boswell Cove South 113, 124
Boswell Inlet 113, 123-125
    head of 125
Breadner Group 179-185
passage through to Spider Anchorage 182
Breaker Group 154, 159
Bremner Bay 168, 171
Broad Basin 115, 117
Broad Cove 115, 117
Brydon Anchorage 184, 186
Brydon Channel 180, 184-186
Bughouse Bay 66, 67
Bughouse Lake 66, 68
Burnt Island 113, 114

C

Campbell Inlet 214-216
    head of 215, 216
Lagoon 215, 216
Narrows 215, 216
Campbell Island 213-218
Cannery Life at Goose Bay sidebar 130
Canadian Forces Sailing Association,
Esquimalt 40
Cape Mark Cove 234-236
Caroline Lake, falls & trail 143, 146-148
Centre Rock 70
CFB Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum 40, 46
charging system 24
Charlotte Bay 86, 93, 94
chart symbols 3
Clare Island 168, 169
Clowhom Hudroelectric Facility 52, 59, 60
Clowhom Hydroelectric Facility sidebar 52, 59
Clowhom Lake 52, 60
Clyak River 140
Cole Island 40, 42, 43
Cole Island Anchorage 40, 42
courtesy flags 18
Craigflower Manor and Schoolhouse National Historic Sites 40, 45
Creasy Bay 73, 74
Creasy Lake 73, 74
cruising with cats 22
Cultus Sound 195-198

D

daily gear bag 18
Davis Bay 66, 69
Dawsons Landing 127-129
Docee River 121
Dodwell Group 217-220
Dodwell Group Inner Basin 217, 219
Dodwell Group West Basin 217, 220
Dodwell Island East Cove 217, 218
Dodwell Island South Cove 217, 220
Dodwell Island West Cove 217, 220
Dodwell Lagoon 217, 220
Draney Inlet 143-148
    head of 143, 148
Draney Narrows 143
    sidebar 145
drum buoys 35
Drury Inlet 65-71
dry bags 19
duck feet 17
Duck Island Anchorage 207, 209
Duncanby Lodge & Marina 128, 129
Dundivan Inlet 243, 245
Dyer Cove 235-238

E

Eberts Cove 134, 139
Echo Bay 229
Edna Islands 181, 185
Edward Channel 154, 161, 163, 164, 257
Edward Channel East Cove 161, 163
Edward Channel North Cove 161, 164
Edward Channel South Cove 161, 163
England Point Cove 74, 76
Epic Prevention sidebar 90
Esquimalt 39-49
Esquimalt Graving Dock 40, 47
Esquimalt Harbour 39-43, 46, 47
Esquimalt Lagoon 40, 47, 48
Everard Islets 66, 69

F

Finis Nook 113, 123
Fisgard Island Anchorage 41
Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site 40, 41
Fish Trap Cove 170
Fishhook Bay 143, 144
flotation suit 17
folding paper charts 18
Forbidden Basin 217, 220
Fort Rodd Hill 40, 41
Fort Rupert 79-82
Four Mile Roadhouse 45
Frederick Sound 95, 96, 97
fueling 22
Fulton Passage 179, 180, 191

G

Gale Lagoon 233, 234, 240
Gale Passage North Cove 239, 240
Gale Passage South Cove 233
Galloping Goose Regional Trail 39, 44
Geetla Basin 128, 129
Geetla Inlet 128, 129
Gleyka Cove 75, 76
Gleyka Indian Reserve 75
Goodlad Bay 168, 172
Goolden Cove 195, 197
Goose and Simonds Groups 205-210
Goose Island Anchorage 207
Gosling Island 207-209
Great Bear Nature Tours 111, 113, 115
Gwasilla sidebar 111

H

Hakai Luxvbalis Conservancy Area 153-210
Hakai Passage 159
Halfway 60
Hand Bay 73, 74
Hardy Inlet 140
Harriet Cove 94
Hart Group Cove 173, 175
Hatley Park National Historic Site 40, 47
Heiltsuk Rediscovery Camp 210
Helen Bay 66
Hemasila Inlet 128, 130, 132
HMC Dockyard 47
HMCS Chaudiere 51, 52, 58
Hochstader Basin 223, 225, 230
Hochstader Cove 223, 224
Hochstader Cove South 223, 225
Huaskin Lake 76
Hunter Channel 213, 214
Hunter Channel Complex 213, 215
Hurricane Anchorage 184, 187
Hurricane Channel 184, 191

I

inflatable kayaks 20
Inrig Bay 134, 139
insects 21
Invisible Falls 153, 154
Island Groups Southwest of Campbell
Island 220

J

Jap Island 113, 115
Jennis Bay 66, 70
Joassa Channel &Vicinity 240
Judd Cove 169, 170

K

Kayak Cove 195, 196
Keith Anchorage 154, 156
Kidney Island 179-181
Kilbella Bay 134, 135
Kilbella River 133, 134, 136
Kildidt Inlet 25, 168, 172-177
Kildidt Lagoon 173, 175, 176
Kildidt Narrows 168, 173, 176
Kildidt Sound 167-172
Kimlock Point 244
Kingscote Cove 223
Kingsley Point North Cove 241
Kingsley Point South Cove 229, 240, 241
Kinsman Cove 199
Kinsman Inlet 198, 199
Kinsman Lagoon 199, 200
Kittyhawk Anchorage 184, 185
Kittyhawk East Cove 7, 184, 186
Kittyhawk Group to Swordfish Bay 185, 186
Kunechin Point (Sechelt Inlets Marine Park) 52, 57
Kwakshua Channel 153, 154, 156
Kwakshua Cove 153, 156

L

Lamb Islets 60
Lane Rock Cove 198, 199, 202
Latta Cove 202, 204
Leche Cove 66, 67
Leckie Bay 168
Lewall Inlet 154, 161, 164
Little Thompson Cove 232
Lockhart Bay 243, 245
Lockhart Gordon Creek 148
logging company docks 34
logging terms 4
Long Lake 120, 122
Loon Cove 214, 221
Louisa Cove 235-237
Louise Channel 230, 231, 241, 242
Louise Channel Anchorage 241, 242
Louise Channel South 231
Louise Channel South Cove 230, 231
Luxvbalis Conservancy Area 195
Lyte Group 181, 185

M

Macgowan Bay 70
Manley Island 180, 181
Margaret Bay 113, 114
Marine Accident Investigation Branch sidebar 24
Matilda Island Coves 223, 226
McAllister Cove 134, 135
McGown Point Hike sidebar 244
McKinnon Lagoon 94, 101
McMullin Group 230, 231
McNaughton Cut 195, 201, 202, 211
McNaughton Group 201-205
McNaughton Group Central Basin 201, 202
McNaughton Northeast Anchorage 202, 203
McNaughton Northwest Anchorage 203
Mensdorff Point 94, 95
Mereworth Sound 94, 105-107
Mereworth Sound to Alison Sound 107
Merritt Lagoon 173, 176
Miles Island 221, 223
Mill Hill Regional Park 44
Mill Stream 43
Misery Bay 52, 58, 59
Misery Creek 58, 59
mooring buoys 33
Moses Inlet 134, 139, 140
    head of 140
Mt. Richardson Provincial Park 60
Muirhead Islands 70, 71

N

Nakwakto Rapids 86, 88-91, 94
Nakwakto Rapids, approaches to 85-88
Nakwaktok 85
    sidebar 86
Nalau Anchorage 161, 165
Nalau Inlet 161
Nalau Passage 154, 161, 164
Nalos Landing 113, 115
Narrows Inlet 52, 54-57
    head of 57
Narrows Inlet Tidal Bore sidebar 55
Naysash Inlet 113, 114
Nelson Narrows 139
Nenahlmai Lagoon 94, 100, 101
    head of 101
Nenahlmai Rapids 100
Northern Hakai Luxvbalis Conservancy Area 195
Nugent Sound 94, 98
Nuget Sound, head of 98
Nugent Sound Cove 94, 98

O

Owikeno Lake 134, 137

P

Pack Lake 106
Pandora Bay 66
paper charts, folding 18
Parsons Bridge Park 41, 43
Penny Point 243, 245
Peter Bay, head of 223, 224
Peter Bay East Cove 223, 224
Pictograph Passage 222, 223
Piddington Cove 222, 223
Piddington Island and Area 221
Piper Point 60
Porpoise Bay 52, 61-63
Porpoise Bay Provincial Park 52, 61
Porpoise Bay public wharf 62
portable power 23
portableVHF radio 19
Portage Regional Park 40, 41, 44
Potts Cove 241, 242
Potts Island Hideaway 241, 242
Prince Group 214, 217, 223
propane heater 17
Pruth Bay 154-157
Purple Bluff 206

Q

Queen Charlotte Sound 150, 151

R

Rait Narrows 243
Rait Narrows Nook 242, 243
Rait Narrows South Cove 243
Ramona Creek 56
Rattenbury Island Anchorage 156, 158
raw water washdown pump 22
Raymond Passage Cove 223, 226
Redford Inlet 222, 223
Richmond Bay 66, 67
Rivers Inlet 127-139
Charts Corrections sidebar 132
Fishing Restrictions sidebar 133
public dock 134, 136
Robert Arm 143, 144
Robinson Range 70
Rock Island 105
Ronald Island North Cove 181, 185
Ronald Island South Cove 181, 182
rough water readiness 19
Rupert Island 167-169
Russel Hill 69

S

Salmon Arm 93, 95, 97
salmon canneries 127, 131
    sidebar 112
Salmon Inlet 52, 57-60
    head of 52, 59, 60
Sandell Bay 132, 134
Sans Peur Cove 201-203
Schooner Channel 85-87
Schwartzenberg Lagoon 94, 99, 100
Sechelt Indian Band Salmon Hatchery 52, 61
Sechelt Inlet 51-62
Sechelt Inlets Marine Park 51, 52, 55, 57, 60
Sechelt Marsh 62
Sechelt Rapids 52-54, 91
Sechelt village 51, 63
Security Bay 113, 124
Seine Hole 119
Serpent Group Cove 167, 168
Seymour and Belize Inlets, approaches to 86-91
Seymour Inlet 93-96
    head of 95, 96
Simonds Group Anchorage 205, 206
Six Mile House 40, 43
Skaiakos Point 52, 60
Skeene Bay 15, 72, 73
Skookumchuk Rapids 52, 53
Slingsby Channel 85, 87
Smith Inlet 113-115
    head of 115
Snake Pass Lookout 72, 73
Snipe Island 207, 208
Snipe Island Anchorage 207-209
Soulsby Cove 217, 218
Soulsby Lagoon 217, 218
Soulsby Point 217
Soulsby Point Anchorage 217, 218
Southern Campbell Island 213
Southern Hakai Luxvbalis Conservancy Area 153
Spider Anchorage area 179-193
Spider Channel 180, 184, 191
Spider Island Ruins sidebar 188
Spider Lagoon 180, 191, 192
Spitfire Channel 180, 184, 187
Spitfire Lagoon 180, 190, 191
Spitfire North Anchorage 184, 190
Spitfire West Cove 184, 190
St. John Harbour 230, 235-237
St. John Lagoon 236, 238
St. John Lagoon Inner Basin 236, 238
stern-tying 31
Stewart Avenue Public Beach access 41, 46
Stewart Inlet 168, 171
Stirling Bay 160, 161
Stony Saddle Cove 156, 158
Stopper Group 184, 191
Storey's Beach 79, 82
Storm Bay 52, 54, 55
Strachan Bay 94, 106
Stryker Nook 229, 230
Stuart Narrows 65-67
Stuart Narrows Memorial 66
Superstition Cove 195, 196, 197
Suquash 82
Sutherland Bay 70, 71
Swan Island 207, 210
Swordfish Bay 180, 192, 193, 195

T

Tancred Bay 66, 68
Tex Lyon Trail 79, 82
The Nakwaktok 85
The Nakwaktok sidebar 86
Thompson Bay 230, 232, 233
Thornhill Creek (Sechelt Inlets Marine Park) 52, 58
Tomahawk Island Anchorage 161, 164
topographic maps 3
Towing Through Nakwakto Rapids sidebar 88
Tremble Island 91
Trevor Lake 107
Tribal Group 214, 220
Triquet Island 179
Triquet Island North Cove 181, 182
Triquet Island Northwest Cove 181, 183
Tsibass Lagoon 75, 76
Turnbull Inlet 153, 154, 161, 162
Turret Rock 86, 88, 89, 91
Tzoonie Narrows 52, 56
Tzoonie Narrows (Sechelt Inlets Marine Park) 52, 55
Tzoonie River 52, 57

V

ventilation 17, 20
vacuum sealing 8
Village Cove 105
Viola Lake 70
Voak Rock 66, 68

W

Walkum Bay 113, 115
Wannock River 133, 135, 137
Ward Channel Anchorage 161, 163
Warner Bay 95, 96
Waskesiu Passage 230, 234
Water conservation 10
Waump Creek 95, 108
Welde Rock 66, 67
West Beach 154, 156, 157
Westerman Bay 86, 94, 105
Whelakis Lagoon 94, 102
Whittaker Point Cove 156, 158
Without Fear Anchorage 202, 204
Witty's Lagoon 48, 49
Wizard Cove 213, 215
Woods Lagoon 100
Wuikinuxv 127
WuikinuxvVillage 138
Wurtele Cove 235, 236
Wurtele Island &Vicinity 235
Wyclees Lagoon 114, 119-121
    entrance to 119
    east arm 121
    west arm 120

Y

Yaaklele Lagoon 230, 237, 239, 240

       

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