Travel to Provinces

Kayak Routes of the Pacific Northwest Coast

Format: Paperback
Author: John Dowd
ReleaseDate: May, 2004
Publisher: Greystone Books
Rating:

very informative
Have lots of information like outfitters, transportation, maps, etc. A really nice book for people who are new in sea kayaking. It's a good book to read for info. and to pick the best place to kayak in the NW if you have only a few days in the region.

Great practical advise for finding parking and camping sites
This book does not just tell the reader where to park and where to camp, also includes history, low impact camping tips, advice on ethics and hygiene and manners. Invaluable guide.

The chapters on various island groups are described by different authors, with uneven quality. We have been to areas covered in three chapters, The Discovery Islands, The Clayoquot Sound, and the Gulf Islands. The details of the two of the chapters were precise, the hazards were as described (as we discovered when we did not take them seriously enough - I was almost run over by a whale watching boat in the fog off Vargus Island, a hazard that we had not taken seriously even though it was clearly described in the chapter).

The chapter on the Discovery Islands in some cases offered vague or incorrect details as to the location of camp sites.

For some reason, we did not find this book on the Amazon web site by using searches that should have found it, for example kayaking British Columbia. But our local Kayak store carried it.

Good GENERAL information
Most regions described are generalized but it gives you good information to start from. Good information basically summarized. Maps could have been much better though.

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