The northern terminus of the Canadian portion of “The Inside Passage” is Prince Rupert. We headed south into the narrow confines of Grenville Channel, magnificent scenery that photographs just cannot capture (or my pictures just suck).
One of a myriad of waterfalls cascading out of the steep rugged mountains into the deep, cold waters of the Inside Passage.
We motored to our first Canadian port of call at Prince Rupert, B.C. We cleared customs (by phone!) but were late getting to the fuel dock. We decided to stay there for the night to be first in line for fuel in the morning!
A view of the Jupiter at the fuel dock. We left the fishing boat in Ketchikan to be barged to Seattle, and took on the dingy lifeboat.
A walk to the grocery store for supplies took us past the Pacific Mariners’ Memorial Park and the Kazu Maru, a Japanese fisherman’s boat that floated across the Pacific for 2 years before washing ashore near Prince Rupert. The full story is told eloquently here.
The Kazu Maru.
..with a drunken sailor?
A drunken sailor’s dream along Creek Street in Ketchikan!
A great painting at O’Brien’s Pub & Eatery just steps away from the Ketchikan Yacht Club docks where we spent the night. O’Brien’s is a fantastic, intimate, friendly pub and restaurant with delicious Ball’s O’Salmon! ‘Liam O’Brien himself might draw you an excellent Guinness!
Ketchikan has several small parks with colorful totem poles. this pole depicts the legend of Fog Woman and the creation of Salmon.
The Chief Johnson totem pole.
We had a good day to motor down Clarence Strait to Ketchikan. We even had a cruise ship give us right of way as we approached a narrow passage!
The Celebrity catching up to us from behind!
The cruise ship gave us right of way when we entered the Tongas Narrows approaching Ketchikan.