We were over the rainbow. The Sunshine Coast had set aside its blue\u002Dsky branding and thrown all types of weather at us: buffeting winds, strafing rain, low…
A flightseeing tour from Sechelt was a splurge on our three-day escape from the city, but a thrilling and worthwhile overview of this 180-kilometre stretch of wilderness. Just a 40-minute ferry ride from Vancouver’s Horseshoe Bay, the Sunshine Coast packs in: mountains, inlets, marine life, surging rapids, and old-growth rainforest with rare birds. Any yet you can choose not to rough it with fine dining, luxe spas and stunningly-beautiful accommodations.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.
Off the left wing we passed mountainous Spipiyus Provincial Park with its 800-year-old cedars. We flew over the dual cascades of Freil Falls. At 440 metres in height, they’re nearly eight times as high as Niagara Falls and empty into the sea near the tiny, uninhabited Harmony Islands. The islets are home to ancient burial grounds of the shíshálh Nation.
The pilot banked and circled over one of the showstopper sights of the Sunshine Coast, the Sechelt Rapids at Skookumchuck Narrows, where whirlpools churned the water’s surface and tumultuous rapids sluiced between rocky isles.“The quick flowing waters within the Skookumchuck oxygenates all life,” said Candace. “All shellfish, all fish… everything is enlarged.” Her Elders, she said, used to catch ling cod here that were two metres long.
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