Emily Carr Cove Rock
August 21, 2011
Emily Carr Inlet lies at the mouth of Surf Inlet, on the northwest corner of Princess Royal Island, on the northern B.C. coast.
We were running late when we explored the inlet, so we didn't go into what Douglass, in his excellent guide, Exploring the North Coast of British Columbia, 2nd Ed., calls “Emily Carr Cove.”
If you're thinking about exploring those waters yourself, by all means go to the Douglass web site www.fineedge.com and read an important update about the entrance to the cove. A large, drying rock lies exactly where you are tempted to go, and the path around it isn't obvious.
Waggoner (and Douglass) reader David Stapells found that rock with his keel last summer, and has forwarded complete instructions, with photos of the rock, to Douglass. Once at the www.fineedge.com site, click on "Errata Sheets," then on the updates for the northern B.C. coast book.
Many thanks to David Stapells for providing the cruising community with such thorough research, and the obvious good will in his update.
—Bob Hale
