July 24th - Roscoe Inlet

The granite walls reach 3,000 feet as we continue deeper into Roscoe Inlet.

First Nation's "Heiltsuk" also known as "Bella Bella" inhabited Roscoe Inlet and surrounding area. Pictographs decorate the granite walls depicting fish, stick figures and canoes.
We find another pictograph as we proceed up the inlet.
Signs of glaciation are scraped into the granite walls.
Glaciated valleys are similar to those in Yosemite in California.
Pieces of granite crack and break off the steep walls.
The inlet is lined with wonderful valleys.
Rugged granite peaks scraped clean by glaciers of the last ice age 15,000 years ago.
The last of the melting snow create water falls in the 90 degree heat wave.
At last the "Bitter End" of the inlet. We decided not to anchor due to the heat and the swarms of Black Flies. The only relief from the heat was to keep moving. We decided to head south to Codville Lagoon.
When we arrive at Codville Lagoon we find the popular anchorages are already taken. Daniel and Louie have to get creative and we find a spot where we will stern tie.
Louie uses our new "Stern Tie" reel that was given to us from our friend Ken Whelan. We are secure for the night and in the morning we will continue south around Cape Caution to our familiar anchorage in Allison Cove.