Arthur and I woke up from our last night in a tent at the Water's Edge Campground at Dease Lake, packed our tent and then headed south to Terrace. It was an easy drive, then we connected with Aileen, unloaded the truck and returned it to the rental company. Back at Aileen's, we did our laundry, and prepared for our next step. We packed an overnight bag for our trip to Prince Rupert, and loaded everything else into bins for shipping home to Burnaby. Aileen's friend Rolf arranged for our gear to be shipped home, and Aileen took us to Prince Rupert.
Prince Rupert is close to Terrace, just over an hour along Highway 16. We had a little explore of the city, where there are loads and loads of totem poles!
We had fish and chips at Bob's on the Rock, and then early to bed.
Next morning we were up early as we needed to be at the ferry terminal at 6 am to board the BC Ferry to Port Hardy, at the north end of Vancouver Island. It's a full day, traversing the sheltered inside passage.
Boarding the ferry.
Arthur was a bit bored, but I absolutely loved sitting back and relaxing, and letting someone else do the driving! The scenery is very beautiful. And I had time to read a bit, including Jack London's Call of the Wild, White Fang and To Build A Fire. Scenery included the usual rocks and trees (and water!), as well as lighthouses, abandoned communities, and even whales and ships.
I loved seeing whales, but of course it was not easy to take decent photos!
View from the ferry.
Lighthouse.
Sailboat.
We arrived very late into Port Hardy, not reaching our hotel until 1 am. We had a lovely breakfast, then a nice bus ride into Nanaimo, another ferry to Horseshoe Bay, and finally Skytrain home to Burnaby. And so ended our Epic Arctic Adventure of Epicness!
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