Dolomite (or Burnaby) Narrows

We headed for the mooring ball at Dolomite Narrows to check out the situation. This is a drying channel at low low tides that runs very quickly at higher tides. We planned to make the transit at slack on a rising tide. When we arrived at the mooring it was clear that the tide was near slack, and Kolby figured there was enough depth in the channel so it was go time. Kolby hopped in the dinghy to guide us through, with me at the helm. It was intense to say the least. At one point I say 6 feet on our depth sounder. Thank god my visibility was poor and I was so focused on Kolby in the dinghy, otherwise I might have noticed the rocks that he was guiding me around and really freaked out. We also had some current with us which would cause me to drift quickly off my transit line. As I had a hard time noticing this drift, Kolby would come on the radio with “Kristine you are drifting to port, hard to me please.” And I would try to move as quickly as I could to him, but not wanting too much speed either, should I find a wayward rock under my keel. Needless to say the adrenaline was pumping.

Our transit Route

Safe on the other side we anchored in Bag Harbour and Fynn and I headed back to the Narrows to explore it by dinghy. We found lots of sea stars, finger kissers (aka anemones, Fynn’s new favourite), and saw a young buck swimming across the channel.

Look! I see stars!

They can swim very fast!

Back in Bag Harbour we went exploring after dinner, delighting in seeing a bear ashore and finding a grove of old growth cedars near the river. We tried to net a fish in the river but were hugely unsuccessful. No salmon for us.