Vancouver Harbour and Indian Arm

Northbound in Indian Arm

Northbound in Indian Arm

Another beautiful sunny day with a bit of a breeze out in the open.

We left Snug Cove just before 11:00AM and headed for Vancouver Harbour and Indian Arm which is an inlet or fiord which meanders about 20 miles inland past the harbour. It is lined with million+ dollar homes and cottages, a lot of which must only be accessible by boat, there are also summer camps and lots and lots of speedboats, canoes, Seadoos etc  and no end of yahoos to operate them!!



Approaching Second Narrows Bridges



Once past Vancouver harbour and into the sheltered channels there was no wind and the temperature zoomed to 38C, it was HOT!!

The scenery is fantastic, 5000 foot mountains, some snow covered in the distance and , for most of the day, a cloudless blue sky.

We went right up to the end where there are a couple of small boat docks but minimal anchoring room as the water is several hundred feet deep right up to the shoreline. Vancouverites are surely blessed, with such fantastic wilderness areas so close to the big city.

The homes and cottages I mentioned are mostly  at the end closest to Vancouver and once you get further up the inlet it is quite wild with only the few occasional shoreline cottages.

We returned to False creek about 5PM, the slip was empty but the water was alive with Kayaks, rafts and Seadoos all fiddling about enjoying the unexpected bonus good weather. The dock is too high for Vivian to step up from the swim step so she has to jump down from the gunwale and of course there is never anybody around to catch lines when you need them.

Anyhow we landed safely, tired and sunburned from our enjoyable cruise and relaxed aboard for the evening.  All in all it was an interesting cruise although we both agreed that Howe sound was the better of the two trips.

North end of Indian Arm looking Northeast