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TRAVEL DESTINATION
The Middens
of Galiano Island
Layers of History, Crowds of Tourists
Above: Montague Harbour Inuksuk at anchor.
By Catherine Dook
Below: John and Montague Harbour
W
We motored our way into Montague Harbour
along a twisted channel with our engine muffled
by the leaning trees.
"This is peaceful," I told my husband, John.
"Look," I pointed to an eagle sitting on the top of a tree overlooking the channel entrance like a sentinel giving permission
for us to pass. Dignified, unruffled, his impassioned gaze noted
and then dismissed us, as uninteresting and perhaps unworthy.
I was tired. We'd pulled up anchor at Portland Island that morning, and the grind of the diesel engine had worn me down.
Galiano Island was given its name 150 years ago by the
English Navy in honour of a Spanish navigator they respected,
Captain Richarde Galiano. Japanese settlers in the late 1800's
made charcoal pits like those of Wakayamo, Prefecture, Japan,
which archaeologists have found on the south end of the island.
But three thousand years ago, the Hul'qumi'num-speaking
people pulled their 20-metre ocean-going canoes along this
same channel with their paddles dipping in quiet accord, their
arm and back muscles flexing, their bodies weary from the journey. Their last stop may have been Saltspring Island. Their
canoes were crowded with families and supplies - fishhooks,
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Canadian Yachting
DECEMBER 2017
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Canadian Yachting December 2017
Vantage Point: Little Boat, Big Boat – Where Did You Start?
Club Profile: Gimli Yacht Club
Galley Guys: The Galley Guys Travel to Newfoundland
Travel Destinations: The Middens of Galiano Island
Profile of a Cruising Family: Redefining the Face of Yachting in Canada
Marine Electronics: Special Feature – A Guide to Maritime VHF Radio for Pleasure Craft
Marine Electronics: Special Feature – AIS - Peering Atop Islands and Around Bends
The Port Hole
Marine Electronics: Special Feature – WiFi Boosters
Sail Review: Dehler 38
Power Review: Cruisers Yachts Cantius 50
Power Review: Jeanneau NC 895
Summer Event Coverage: Poker Run 101
Crossing the Line: Flying Dutchman
Canadian Yachting December 2017 - Cover1
Canadian Yachting December 2017 - Cover2
Canadian Yachting December 2017 - 3
Canadian Yachting December 2017 - Vantage Point: Little Boat, Big Boat – Where Did You Start?
Canadian Yachting December 2017 - 5
Canadian Yachting December 2017 - Club Profile: Gimli Yacht Club
Canadian Yachting December 2017 - 7
Canadian Yachting December 2017 - 8
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Canadian Yachting December 2017 - 11
Canadian Yachting December 2017 - Galley Guys: The Galley Guys Travel to Newfoundland
Canadian Yachting December 2017 - 13
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Canadian Yachting December 2017 - Travel Destinations: The Middens of Galiano Island
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Canadian Yachting December 2017 - Profile of a Cruising Family: Redefining the Face of Yachting in Canada
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Canadian Yachting December 2017 - Marine Electronics: Special Feature – A Guide to Maritime VHF Radio for Pleasure Craft
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Canadian Yachting December 2017 - Marine Electronics: Special Feature – AIS - Peering Atop Islands and Around Bends
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Canadian Yachting December 2017 - The Port Hole
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Canadian Yachting December 2017 - Marine Electronics: Special Feature – WiFi Boosters
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Canadian Yachting December 2017 - Sail Review: Dehler 38
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Canadian Yachting December 2017 - Power Review: Cruisers Yachts Cantius 50
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Canadian Yachting December 2017 - Power Review: Jeanneau NC 895
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Canadian Yachting December 2017 - Summer Event Coverage: Poker Run 101
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Canadian Yachting December 2017 - Crossing the Line: Flying Dutchman
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