South into Gwaii Haanas

 

 

My summer Haida Gwaii trip aboard the Passing Cloud included several passes through the Juan Perez Sound area that lies at the center of the east coast of Gwaii Haanas.

Over the past two decades I have spent many months in this area, walking the shores recording and testing archaeological sites. It is always a pleasure to return.

This roll includes images that start north of Gwaii Haanas at the Watchman site of K’uuna Llnagaay (Skedans) and then to T’aanu Llnagaay (Tanu) north of Juan Perez Sound on Tanu Island, then past Windy Bay along the east coast of Lyell Island and into the Sound including the Hotsprings area and then out of the NW corner of the Sound into another, Darwin Sound. The image captions in the gallery indicate the photo location.

Unfortunately, I did not take film photos while ashore at the old villages, so there is only one picture and it does not show the magnificence of the monumental sculptures and house remains at these sites. Next time I will make sure to get film shots!

Other analogue photos from this trip on 52Rolls can be seen with this link.

You can also find digital Gwaii Haanas images from last summer on my blog (here).

 

To see an enlarged version of any image in the gallery below, click on it and then navigate to others with the arrows or with swiping.

K’uuna Llnagaay (Skedans), watchmen’s boat

K’uuna Llnagaay (Skedans), our tender, looking S at Gwaii Haanas in distance

Near Limestone Islands south of K’uuna

Off east coast Louise Island

Hecate Strait coming into Gwaii Haanas from north

Titul Island off Tanu

Off T’aanu Llnagaay

T’aanu Llnagaay (Tanu), house beams on forest floor

Echo Harbour, off Darwin Sound

Echo Harbour, off Darwin Sound

Echo Harbour, off Darwin Sound

Echo Harbour, off Darwin Sound

First Mate Liam picking us up from Windy Bay

Outershores’ office queen and photographer Oriana, off Lyell Island

East shore Lyell Island just south of Windy Bay

Gay T’awts’is (Blood Fort), off Lyell Island

Lazy Jacks on Passing Cloud

Genoa and Foresail on Passing Cloud

Sailing into Juan Perez sound, with skipper Matt loving it

Liam and Matt under sail (main sail furled)

2016-37:Olympus mjuii, Agfa Vista 200, commercially processed and scanned.

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