After morning coffee with Gus, the rest of the regulars, and a few new arrivals and their dogs, we finally set off for Telegraph Cove. Telegraph Cove is historically interesting for its saw mill which cut wood to make boxes for salted salmon. Later during World War II it was expropriated and operated by the military to process wood for the war effort. A telegraph station was also located here starting in 1912.

Today it is more of a tourist town that preserves the history of the 1920s to 1930s when the saw milling village was built. A number of signs document the history of the buildings on the site.

A whale interpretive centre was close to where one could go on a whale watching trip. If that wasn’t your thing, sea kayaking with instructor was another possibility.

There are lots of bear and cougar warning signs including some stories of local dogs that have been taken by bears or cougars. There are no signs warning about the abundant deer population.

There is a large log sorting facility nearby with machines that can lift 60 tons of logs at a time.

A German tourist in what looked like a military armoured vehicle RV was a sight to be seen. We’re not sure what they think they will need that for in Canada.

We drove to Port McNeill but didn’t spend any significant time there.

Port Hardy turned out to be a good place to do some housekeeping. They have a great free dump station with fresh water. We filled a minimal amount of gas as it was priced at 199.9 and we bought a few groceries. It certainly isn’t a cheap place to buy anything!

We drove back at Nimpkish Lake for a late afternoon swim followed by a BBQ dinner and a hike along the shore.

There are a number of painted rocks with messages on them along this hike, each tucked into the crevasses. Dennis’s wife paints them and had a few in front of their trailer as well.

It felt so good to be back at this peaceful place.