Wild Coast Publishing

12/20/2024

BC Coast Photo of the Day: A reminder of just how beautiful the BC coast can be, even in December. The photo is from Jack Point facing north toward Protection Island.

12/10/2024

Please add Wild Coast Publishing to any list of businesses being crippled by the Canada Post strike. As an online store, we are faced with the prospect that shipping is now as expensive as the revenue we can expect from our products, which is untenable. Additionally, courier costs are rising, in some cases dramatically as prices are rejigged to deal with increased demand. Canada Post must go to binding arbitration for this strike to be resolved before entire sectors of the Canadian economy are decimated.

12/06/2024

Wild Coast Publishing has added two new mapsheets today, finishing the route around Vancouver Island with #245 Quatsino Sound/Brooks Bay. It only took us five years! 😃

11/28/2024

We're stuck! The Canada Post strike has essentially shut down our online store. Courier is too expansive an option for small maps normally shipped by letter mail. To compensate, we're offering a discounted flat rate for shipment by UPS. This is a great opportunity to expand your kayaking reference library and a chance to get courier service heavily discounted! Also, keep in mind maps make an excellent Christmas stocking stuffer for the kayaker who has everything!

09/01/2024

BC Coast Photo of the Day: Our favorite location this summer for a visit was the waterfall at Teakerne Arm, West Redonda Island. The view from above is great, but clamboring into the waterfall is even better.

08/20/2024

BC Coast Photo of the Day: This fellow posed for us, so we obliged with a photo. Is he handsome? A bit ragged maybe, but he offers a decent profile. We named him Philbert.

08/08/2024

BC Coast Photo of the Day: If you explore Shelter Inlet near the mouth of Megin River in north Clayoquot Sound, you will find a narrow tidal passage that leads to a small basin and this delightful little waterfall. It is worth seeking out. The location is pinpointed in our mapsheet #207.

08/07/2024

Continuing the Wild Coast rant on how antiquated and inaccurate Environment Canada's marine weather forecast system is, check out their online map used to identify weather regions. Have you ever seen a worse map of British Columbia? Apparently Cortes and the Redonda Islands are one land mass, Johnstone Strait is adjacent to the BC mainland its entire length, Quadra Island doesn't exist and there are blobs and areas that don't exist. This is the best they can do? Really?

08/07/2024

BC Coast Photo of the Day: No matter how perfect the view, Mother Nature always finds a way to add details to make it that much better.

08/06/2024

BC Coast Photo of the Day: Would you feel confident paddling through here? It looks benign, but what if two swells converge as you're in the middle? The location is Tzartus in the Deer Group, Barkley Sound. Use our mapsheet #211 for information on how to visit here.

08/03/2024

BC Coast Photo of the Day: The view across Clayoquot Sound from the peak of Lone Cone on Meares Island. This is a must-visit location for any exploration of Clayoquot. See our mapsheet #208 for details.

07/30/2024

Travelling the BC coast this summer has made us very aware that Environment Canada's marine weather forecasting system is dangerously broken. How to fix it? We have some answers. https://www.wildcoast.ca/blogs/editors-blog/how-environment-canada-has-to-improve-its-marine-weather-forecasting

07/28/2024

BC Coast Photo of the Day: Our office! This allows us to research the coast while producing and updating products and even printing and distributing them. Follow us for photos of our explorations and if you wish to visit any of these locations, check out our resources to help get you there.

Publishers of maps and outdoor resources for coastal British Columbia, for kayakers, boaters and hikers.

07/21/2024

BC Coast Photo of the Day: Sunset in the Discovery Islands.

07/20/2024

BC Coast Photo of the Day: A perfect morning for a humpback whale encounter at the mouth of Sutil Channel, near Cortes Island.

07/18/2024

BC Coast Photo of the Day: Rebecca Spit, Quadra Island.

07/17/2024

BC Coast Photo of the Day: The distinctive Townley Islets off the Copeland Islands at the entrance to Desolation Sound. We'll be spending more time here in the next few weeks, so you haven't seen the last of the Copelands! A beautiful kayaking destination, without question, along with some of the best sunset campsites you'll find anywhere.

Publishers of maps and outdoor resources for coastal British Columbia, for kayakers, boaters and hikers.

07/15/2024

BC Coast Photo of the Day: We spent the night at McRae Cove on the north entrance to Jervis Inlet and listened to these guys all night on McRae Islet. A lone kayaker pulled up to camp on the beach across from us. Good on him! Not many paddlers attempt that area of the coast, and he must have had a tough day. There was considerable wind and chop. He earned a good night's sleep.