Whales!

We were the last boat the leave Lowe Inlet. The sailboat was the first to go!  Always keeners those sailors!  

The fishing boats all unrafted and left just before we hauled anchor. 

The last part of Grenville Channel was just as slow as the day before. We went 5-6 knots!  But it was flat calm again. The weather was lovely. 

We were a amazed by all the large logs tossed along the shore by the winter high tides. 

Once we were out of Grenville Channel we entered Wright Sound and we started to see Humpback whales.  We were head through Wright Sound - along the Gill island shore through Whale Passage.  We must have seen 30 or 40 whales along Whale Passage. 

 

A Humpback whale between us and the BC ferry - "NorthernExpedition"  

We saw Humpback whales for a good two hours as we travelled along Whale Passage.  Lots of Cows with their calves. Not a lot of breaching and jumping though. They seemed to be just travelling along. 

We were close to Hartley Bay and we were able to get 3G for 1/2 hour or so as we travelled along.  The BC ferry - Northern Expedition was coming down the channel behind us. It then travels down the Inside passage on the east side of Princess Royal Island.  

And we travelled past Gil Island where the BC Ferry Queen of the North struck the shore and sunk. 

Two crosses on the shore for the two people who died when the ferry sunk off Gil Island. 

We went to Chapple Inlet for the night.