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Hudson Point (Saltspring Island) to Wallace Island - CAMP OUT

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

When Friday, September 27–Sunday, September 29, 2024
Location Hudson Point (Saltspring Island)
Directions
5 of 13 open Free
Destination Wallace Island
Trip style Multi Day Camping
Experience Level 1
Distance 10 nm
Route plan A

Take the morning ferry from Swartz Bay to Fulford Harbour. Drive to Hudson Point, eat a packed lunch and then cross to Wallace Island for two overnight stays. The September 28th 10 nm paddle will round the Secretary Isles and visit the art and totem installations on Jackscrew Island. The first evening's meal will be potluck; all other meals are the responsibility of each paddler. Return by 1530 paddle on the 29th. This paddle is specially designed for beginner paddlers and/or campers, and support is freely offered in terms of advice or locating and procuring necessary equipment.

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) to Wallace Island - CAMP OUT

Friday, September 27–Sunday, September 29, 2024

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

Route plan

Take the morning ferry from Swartz Bay to Fulford Harbour. Drive to Hudson Point, eat a packed lunch and then cross to Wallace Island for two overnight stays. The September 28th 10 nm paddle will round the Secretary Isles and visit the art and totem installations on Jackscrew Island. The first evening's meal will be potluck; all other meals are the responsibility of each paddler. Return by 1530 paddle on the 29th. This paddle is specially designed for beginner paddlers and/or campers, and support is freely offered in terms of advice or locating and procuring necessary equipment.