By Becky: SGang Gwaay is recognized as a historic UNESCO World Heritage Site.  Nan Sdins (aka Ninstints)is a former Haida village.  It has the largest still standing collection of original monument and mortuary poles.  In the past, some of the poles have been reset upright but will now be allowed to decay as per Haida culture.  You can still see where the Haida moved rocks to create a landing spot for their canoes in the bay.

When we went ashore, we were greeted by the Watchman who led us on a long wooden walkway through the forests and to the village site.  It was the most interesting walk so far.  He was full of experience and information and said he would like several more hours to tell us all he would like to share.  It really is something that just has to be experienced to understand the feel of area.

The trip back through Burnaby narrows was not nearly as exciting since we knew where the rocks were and were going against a slight tide.  We stopped for the night in Echo Bay as a stage area for our early morning crossing back to Prince Rupert.  It was one of the best anchorages of our stay.  We took the dingy to a in-flowing creek and saw thousands of salmon trying to get upstream.  It was so fun to stand and watch even though mosquitos and no-see-ums swarmed and snacked on us.

As we headed out early in the morning we had a great rainbow over our path. While the trip back was kind of rolling it wasn’t bad at all.