Around Kunghit Island

 

Near the end of my time aboard the Passing Cloud we circumnavigated Kunghit Island (map link) which is a large island at the very south end of Gwaii Haanas. This roll of film includes shots from Heater Harbour on the north-east side (map link) views of Hecate Strait to the east of Kunghit Island and an excursion on the beaches in Woodruff Bay (map link), and then the Kerouard Islands (map link) beyond Cape St. James at the south end of Haida Gwaii, followed by views across the open Pacific Ocean as we passed up the west side of Kunghit.

I spent a week or so working in Heater Harbour a few years ago – it has an astonishing wealth of archaeological sites along its shores and up the creeks. There is a very productive intertidal zone, and more than one salmon run into the different creeks. Besides all that it is very beautiful. But, today’s shots are all from the anchorage in low light (with a bit of motion blurring) so you can’t really judge for yourself.

I am very drawn to the simple views across expanses of ocean, with limitless horizons and often amazing clouds. For some reason I like them better on film than digital, which is why you have been seeing so many from this trip, and on this roll.

Woodruff Bay is a very exposed sand beach with extensive sand dunes near the south end of Kunghit Island. I had not been able to land on previous trips past this beach due to surf conditions, but this trip we did get ashore and it was great to look around where the Haida village used to be and to do a bit of beach combing. There are few sandy beaches in southern Haida Gwaii, so it was a real treat to get onto this one.

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

You can also find more 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.

Heater Harbour twilight with camera shake

Off Heater Harbour

East edge of Kunghit

Hecate Strait

Fog and cloud, Hecate Strait

More Hecate Strait

In the head – wish I had deck-lights at home.

Approahching Woodruff Bay

Woodruff Bay eastern end

Woodruff Bay dune near the creek

Woodruff Bay

Woodruff – looking over creek at village site

Woodruff, looking west across creek

Our pick-up approaches

Hecate almost beyond the fog

Kerouard Islands

Cape St James sea lion place

The Pacific Ocean

Gilbert Bay, W side of Kunghit Island

2016-39: Olympus mjuii, Agfa Vista 200, commercially processed and scanned.

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