I always try to be somewhere or do something neat on my birthday. Last year I was in Haida Gwaii for the first time, and the year before that I was step dancing in Cape Breton. This year, I was home in Vancouver, so I had to come up with something interesting. The criteria?...
Some were calling it “pedestrian,” others “I could have cooked this myself,” but the baked seafood dish with rice and cream sauce ($8.95) was my favourite. I was on a food tour* of Alexandra Road in Richmond – right next to Vancouver and the fantastic Vancouver food scene – a three block wunderstreet of over...
I closed the door to my miniscule bedroom – with a window over the sound of the creek below – and fell asleep like I was in the womb. I woke up after 8:30 am, the perfect sleep in for me. Queen Charlotte Hotels I have never been to Queen Charlotte in Haida Gwaii...
“What are you up to today?” asked Malcolm, a local I had met yesterday. We had run into each other at the Saturday farmers’ market. My plans were to walk along the beach exploring the area, maybe rent a kayak or bike, and that was pretty much it. Instead, Malcolm took me under his...
The village of Queen Charlotte is a good base for exploring Haida Gwaii (also known as the Queen Charlotte Islands). Here’s how to get to Queen Charlotte from the Sandspit Airport in Haida Gwaii. Flights from Vancouver to Sandspit Air Canada flies twice daily in the summer from Vancouver (YVR) to/from Sandspit (YZP). Pacific...
After arriving in Haida Gwaii for the first time (known to most as the Queen Charlotte Islands in northern British Columbia), I spent my first three hours in town at Rainbows Gallery (3201 Oceanview Driver, Queen Charlotte, 250-559-8420) chatting with Jack. That’s sort of the way things go here; everyone has time for you....
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