There are many wonderful day paddles available from our location, as well as forest trails to adjacent “pocket” beaches, a stream, and swimming lake. The local community also has a lot to offer, and your support makes a meaningful difference in our lives & micro-economies.
Billy Proctor loved to invite the public to view his remarkable, display of First Nations stone tools, as well as coastal settlers’ memorabilia, in his sea-side museum. A visit and chat with Billy demonstrated what it is like to have lived a lifetime homesteading here in the wilderness. Billy passed over in the late spring of 2025, and his property and museum are now owned by the local First Nation from Gilford Village. It is uncertain whether the museum will be staffed and open in 2026.
If a love of art inspires you, plan to include a visit to the working studio of artist/writer Yvonne Maximchuk. Yvonne gives readings from her two published books about life in the coastal wilderness; “Full Moon Flood Tide” with Bill Proctor and “Drawn to Sea – Paintbrush to Chainsaw: Carving out a life in BC’s Rugged Raincoast” at Paddlers’ Inn, if requested, and available. All visitors are welcome at SeaRose Studio. For more information, or to book a visit, see www.yvonnemaximchuk.com
The folks at Salmon Coast Field Station invite our guests to visit their operation, to see what they are up to. They have an “open-house” every Saturday and occasionally by appointment on other days. The station is a focal point for people studying the effects of aquaculture on the marine environment, and they are branching out to welcome other conservation-oriented research to increase the scope of their ecosystem monitoring projects. See www.salmoncoast.org
Echo Bay was purchased by the local First Nation in 2020, and is about 1 km away, offering non perishable corner store amenities, as well as fuel. https://kwaxwalawadi.com/
We invite you to come to the Broughton Archipelago, to enjoy the beauty of this coastal wilderness, and to experience the cultural lifestyle of homesteading BC’s wilderness coast. We appreciate your support for our tiny community. Thanks!
