We truly enjoyed our stay at Lagoon Cove and on our departure there was a bucket full crab and freshly picked oysters from Jeanne and Wayne who work there. We were very touched by their generosity. We decided that we would go to Mound Island and explore remains of an ancient Kwakwaka’wakw harvest habitation site. The beaches are white with the shells of thousands of years of the tribe eating barnacles and clams. We explored the mounds that give the island its’ name that are really the sides of their dwellings that have long since decayed. These mounds throughout the forest are made from the ash of countless fires with bone and shell remains that is referred to as a midden.
We hiked along the beaches at low tide amazed at the number of shell fish inhabiting the shore. A squirt of a submerged clam would startle us but not as much as the bear paw marks that indicated we had company. It looked as if the bear had been digging for clams as they often do at low tide. Upon our return to "Wings to Seventh Heaven"(the dinghy) we noticed a magnificent Bald Eagle flying over head.
We had lunch and then began our voyage to Port McNeill and Sointula.
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