2017 SunCruiser West Coast

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A. Montague Harbour Marina - fuel dock, licensed
restaurant, groceries and rentals.
1. Atkins Reef – Marked by a day marker.
There is a fishing marker on Salt spring,
directly south of the marker.
2. Walker Hook – Good beachcombing. A nice
place to drop a hook, or dinghy to shore
for lunch. Great beach on its southeastern
side. Divers can find scallops and abalone
at the northeast tip.
3. Governor Rock – Marked with a red light.
Named when the HMS Plumper was
steaming toward Victoria at full speed on
the governor’s orders in 1859. The captain
and crew failed to see the little patch of
kelp and grounded on a rock in an area that
was previously thought to be only deep
water. Walker Rock is marked with a Red-
White-Green light and lies 800 m (.5 mi)
north.
4. Interesting geological features along this
shoreline including high, steep cliffs and
erosion patterns.
5. Balingall Islets – Named for Alexander
Balingall, the second lieutenant on the
HMS Trincomalee which sailed the waters
from 1853-56. The islets are a provincial
nature park because they are used by
double-crested cormorants as breeding
grounds.
6. Montague Harbour – Busy, all-weather anchorage
with, occasionally, over 70 boats
moored at one time. Watch for dinghy traffic.
Montague Harbour Marine Park, on the
north shore, has a couple dozen mooring
buoys, a boat and dinghy dock, toilets, pay
phone, camping and picnic sites. Public
wharf is in the east side of the bay by the
marina. Harvesting shellfish is a risky business
here because of contamination from
boats and plankton blooms.
7. Parker Island – A natural breakwater for
Montague Harbour. A peninsula on the
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