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 December 11, 2017

A Mailboat Cruise: Port Alberni, BC

Wading through thick fog on a late September morning, we boarded the MV Frances Barkley, a sturdy steel-hulled 1950’s vintage ferry originally built for the fjords of Norway. Along with 40 other passengers, bags of mail, and freight for outposts along the route, we chugged out of Port Alberni. Our destination: Bamfield, a remote village […]

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Categories : British Columbia, Canada, Travel
Tags : Bamfield, Barkley Sound, boom boats, Brady's Beach, Frances Barkley, Lady Rose Marine, Port Alberni, Port Alberni Lighthouse, Somass River, Sproat Lake Provincial Park, Stamp River Provincial Park

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