Ocean Falls to Eucott Bay Anchorage, BC, Canada (43NM)

Sweet Eva sends us off from Ocean Falls with homemade Lemon Poppy Seed Cake and a loaf of Cheese Bread - how very exciting! We cruise in light chop and drizzle by snow-capped mountains and in just a little over an hour we are already at our anchorage in Eucott Bay. A nice shallow anchorage of about twenty or so feet. We let out our chain and line in the middle of the bay and take in the 360 degree views. The drizzle lightens and eventually stops and the sun comes out along with big puffy clouds. It is so nice that we decide to inflate the kayak and go for a paddle.

Snow-capped mountains and still quite a bite in the air as we move on North through Dean Channel

Anchoring in Eucott Bay

First time getting the Kayak activated from Independence II

Young bears (I think) foraging for shellfish at low tide

A very light colored bear along with his darker brown furred friends

Happy paddlers

Eucott Hot Springs. From Google “The mineral-rich water emerges from the bedrock at a comfortable roughly 111 degrees F (44 degrees C). Used for generations by Nuxalk people, the pools were later reinforced with boulders and concrete slab by locals from the Ocean Falls.”

The runoff from the hot springs steams as it meets the cooler waters of the bay

Cheers!

Sail boat ‘Sky Bird’ in the distance. Our only other neighbor in the bay that evening.

A few beauty shots…