Four Strings, Flute and Drum: August 2016

Broughton Archipelago Videos

Here's a gaggle of short videos that I snagged thanks to the wee GoPro Hero 4 Session cube I had along in this trip.

Paddling near the old native village of Mamalillaculla:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=em-upload_owner&v=Ego71iLVCw0

Touring the islands with Captain Harald and First Mate Sheila:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=em-upload_owner&v=hjBGM-GOUBo

Mamalilaculla

Today was our Mamalilaculla village vist day. Like yesterday, the day began in fog offering some terrific photography prizes.

Stone Totem

Spotted my first stone totem this morning near our anchorage in from Seabreeze Island.

Dolphin Time Tea

On our way from Trivitt Island towards Kingcome Inlet, while I was in the process of steeping a mug of English Breakfast tea, we met with a pod of fifty to seventy-five dolphins. As some took a break from their fishing to swim in our boat's bow pressure wave, keep company by the side and stern, leap through the air and even swim on their back with tail propelling, my tea got stronger and darker. Best cup of tea I've sipped in ages!

photo by H. Riffel

Kingcome Copper

At the end of the Kingcome Inlet is an impressive modern day pictograph in the shape of a traditional native 'copper'

The artwork is high up on a cliff face above the water and is 28 feet high and 38 feet wide.

It was a creation of Native artist Mariane Nicolson.

In the same area of the inlet we spotted some older (1927) pictographs depicting coppers and cows. These images were apparently commemorating a potlatch of that time period.