Evan, I stopped by Ross once coming back from Barkley Sound and passed on paddling there for your aforementioned reasons. If you want to drive a little further, there are a slew of great lakes in the Kootenays. Trout Lake was my favorite. Kootenay is the biggest and I got pummeled with 3 foot steep waves. In a good way. It's v. pretty country up there. p.s. Kyuquot Sound was dreamy. All but the 10 mile home stretch back to the car into a 25 mph wind. It ceased to be funny after 7 miles. Got back just as the sun was downing after 11 hours of paddling (I doodled 'round the first half of the day). I saw Doug Lloyd's voiture and bateau in Victoria. The tires were already flat, I swear. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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