Good call Roger!  We spent a few days at the Okover Inlet Campground a few
years ago.  Pretty nice except for the guys who cruised the campground in
the afternoon trying to steal my guitar at 3 in the morning...

Absolutely perfect kayaking though!  ;)

On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 11:11 PM, Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@gmail.com>wrote:

> dear traveler
> step it up a little to the end of the road and the opening to desolation
> sound marine park
> drive ye north to the sunshine coast via gibsons out of horseshoe bay ferry
> terminal
> proceed through the tangle of sechelt peninsula to egmont where you will
> catch the ferry to saltery bay
> then travel along to powell river ... and or lund and or oakeover where
> your
> kyaks can splash into water considered ... the best cold saltwater diving
> ... the best yachting outside of the mediterranean and the best kayaking in
> the world ... ( diving is not mine but told to me by others ) the rest i
> have partaken in ...
> you can continue onto vancouver island using the ferry to little river from
> powell river if you really have any effort left in you ...
> that trip took me almost ten years after i got here even though i was
> initially headed there
> call if you come 604.414.6266
> regards
>
> On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 9:22 PM, Poppie Jagersand
> <poppie.jagersand@yahoo.ca>wrote:
>
> > Trip update:
> >
> > Made it from Edmonton AB to Vancouver BC, 1400 or so km of the 3500
> total.
> >
> > Started out driving straight through Alberta, since we see our home
> > province on our weekend trips.
> >
> > Camped on Kinbasket lake the first night, near Valemount, BC. The west
> > Canoe reach rd has many nice informal camping sites with morning sun and
> a
> > beautiful view south along the lake and of the rockies to the east. This
> is
> > an active logging road though so it was good we went there on a Sunday,
> when
> > it was quiet.
> >
> > Second day we went to Paul lake provincial park, near Kamloops, BC. Liked
> > the beach and picknick area, but campsites were far away from that. We
> ended
> > up staying the day at the beach and bbq:ed, but didn't camp there.
> >
> > Third day I had planned to camp and kayak at Lake Alouette, a bit north
> > east of Vancouver. However we stopped at Kirby, where the Fraser river
> meets
> > the Harrison river. There were beautiful waterfront campsites at the
> small
> > provincial park just at the river confluence, and a historic site nearby
> to
> > explore. Water table was higher than normal, so our campsite was
> literally a
> > couple of meters from the waters edge. Kayaked upstream in the Harrison
> > river as far as we endured against the current and then floated back.
> Kirby
> > is easily found if one drives Hwy 7 instead of the busy Transcanada 1.
> >
> > Now we are in Burnaby. Looking to take the ferry to Vancouver Island
> > tomorrow. Still haven't made plans for the Vancouver island part of the
> > trip, and where to find the nicest camping and kayaking on the gulf coast
> of
> > Vancouver island.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Martin (and '82 Diesel Westy, '75 wife and '09 daughter)
> >
> > --- On Sun, 7/3/11, Poppie Jagersand <poppie.jagersand@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> >
> > > From: Poppie Jagersand <poppie.jagersand@yahoo.ca>
> > > Received: Sunday, July 3, 2011, 11:23 AM
> > >
> > > Today we start our trip. Wife has some meetings in Burnaby
> > > next week so will stay in a nearby campground with my kid
> > > the first days. Anmore camplands in Coquitlam seemed like a
> > > good compromise between close to Burnaby and quiet setting.
> > >
> > > Then we go to Vancouver Island, drive north along the
> > > island and take the ferry from Port Hardy to Bella Coola.
> > >
> > > We bring a folbot greenland kayak with us, and I would love
> > > some tips for where to be able to camp and take kayak day
> > > trips with my 2 year old. It would be ideal if we can camp
> > > and launch from the campsite. (Having the 2year old running
> > > around regular boat launches where big trucks and trailer
> > > drive when I prepare the kayak is not so good..)
> > >
> > > So if anyone has tips for quiet launch spots on vancouver
> > > island, ideally campapble, please let me know.
> > >
> > > The ferry between port hardy and Bella Coola sometimes
> > > stops in a few places on the way. Any of these worth taking
> > > a stopover at?
> > >
> > > From Bella Coola we drive back towards Alberta via rte
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Martin
> > >
> > > Complete route is:
> > >
> >
> http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=11645+Saskatchewan+Dr+NW,+Edmonton,+AB&daddr=52.744751,-119.101099+to:burnaby,+bc+to:Port+Hardy,+British+Columbia+to:Bella+Coola,+British+Columbia+to:51.124213,-115.839844+to:Edmonton,+AB&hl=en&geocode=FQ_SMAMd_J47-SkneNnGiSGgUzFpFg44pwZXKQ%3BFS_SJAMdVanm-A%3BFWV67wIdnJGr-Clzg5whqHeGVDFpsVKHc3IK3Q%3BFbX3BQMdS51m-CmL7UkaLHxkVDEIndkGssZotg%3BFZ8lHwMdsMFx-ClPv6twd3l6VDG_AIQFSgNavQ%3B%3BFYwCMQMd7EU8-Skj_96ARSKgUzFdFfZKDKAfQQ&gl=ca&mra=dpe&mrsp=5&sz=5&via=5&vps=1&sll=52.908902,-117.729492&sspn=12.208181,27.905273&ie=UTF8
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> roger w
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> Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: a
> servant who becomes king ...
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