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One of these days I'm going to figure the right way to hike the Nootka Trail. It hasn't happened yet. It's an interesting little trail that runs the outer length of Nootka Island from Louie Bay on the northwest to the old village site of Yuquot on the southeast. It's about 36 km depending on where you start and how you measure the twists and turns. That and the extent of the beach make it one of the less demanding coastal hikes in British Columbia, but if you know British Columbia coastal hikes, you'll know that doesn't necessarily mean it is easy. There are the rough beaches where you have to jump from boulder to boulder. There are the rough bypasses where...

It was really Autdrey Sutherland's 20 years spent paddling the Inside Passage and BC coast that made her so legendary, with her and her inflatable kayak logging more than 8,000 miles along waterways little known and rarely explored. 

The Thormanby Islands are one of the great adventure destinations of the Sunshine Coast. Just know what you're getting yourself into before you go.