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Hudson Point (Saltspring Island)

A 3-day (2 night) camping excursion to Wallace Island

When Friday, September 8–Sunday, September 10, 2023
Location Hudson Point (Saltspring Island)
Directions
4 of 10 open Free
Destination Hudson Point (Saltspring Island)
Trip style Multi Day Camping
Experience Level 1
Distance 0 nm
Route plan A

We will camp on the south end of Wallace Island and do day paddles which conform generally to the SISKA 'Relaxed' criteria. Hiking is available on a trail the length of the island. An evening hike is a possibility. This paddle is specially designed for people without a lot of camping experience and support will be offered in planning and gear acquisition.

Route plan B

I have looked at conditions which appear (2 days in advance) to be very benign for our outing so it is unlikely that a Plan B will be required. If there is a crowd at the intended camping spot we will go to an alternate, still on Wallace Island.

Safety reminders

Always dress for the possibility of immersion and please bring a drybag containing a spare change of clothes. The drybag goes in your kayak with you, not in your car at the launch site. Please bring a lunch or snacks and sufficient beverage to keep you hydrated, as well as a thermos of something warm. Your paddle leader will introduce the plan and make sure everyone is comfortable with the requirements. Please stay off the water until the group is ready. If you have a VHF radio please bring it with you.

Hudson Point (Saltspring Island) tide/current reference

Sources & licences

Tide & current predictions

CHS provides tide heights and current predictions. Secondary current stations are estimates; large-tide estimates are identified separately. Tide turns and slack water are independent. Conditions along the route vary with location.

CHS atlas & lookup licences

Canadian Atlas of Tidal Currents, Volume 3: Juan de Fuca Strait to Strait of Georgia (2016), Canadian Hydrographic Service, Fisheries and Oceans Canada. © Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2022.

Map images are reproduced from the CHS publication and selected for the date and time shown. The publication permits noncommercial reproduction in any format; commercial reproduction requires prior written permission from CHS. This viewer is not an official CHS publication and is not to be used for navigation.

Current Atlas Lookup Tables: Juan de Fuca Strait to Strait of Georgia by Emanuel Borsboom. SISKA adapts the tables to show selected hours and atlas page numbers. The original tables and these adapted tables are provided under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 Canada (CC BY-NC-SA 2.5 CA).

Dewey atlas attribution

Salish Sea Tidal Current Atlas and calendar lookup tables by Richard K. Dewey, self-published. The selected volume and map number are shown in the viewer. SISKA displays extracted map images and selects them using the author's lookup tables.

For recreational reference only. Not for navigation. These products are not endorsed by CHS or NOAA and are not official Canadian or US government publications. Use current official charts and publications for navigation.

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Hudson Point (Saltspring Island)

Friday, September 8–Sunday, September 10, 2023

Launch
Hudson Point (Saltspring Island)1119 North Beach Road, Saltspring Island, British Columbia
Destination
Hudson Point (Saltspring Island)
Leader
Bj Porter

Route plan A

We will camp on the south end of Wallace Island and do day paddles which conform generally to the SISKA 'Relaxed' criteria. Hiking is available on a trail the length of the island. An evening hike is a possibility. This paddle is specially designed for people without a lot of camping experience and support will be offered in planning and gear acquisition.

Route plan B

I have looked at conditions which appear (2 days in advance) to be very benign for our outing so it is unlikely that a Plan B will be required. If there is a crowd at the intended camping spot we will go to an alternate, still on Wallace Island.