Endless snow-capped mountains, fjords of the sea and sky,
Lush forests, sparkling lakes,
The pure beauty of the west coast of Canada
Make the people of British Columbia incredibly proud,
There is a line on the license plate
“Beautiful British Columbia”。
On Vancouver Island
and
Between the Sunshine Coast,
There is a group of people living,
In a different way,
Enjoy the beauty that nature has given.
Out-of-home transportation heavenly hall
The standard lifestyle of BC people is to drive by ferry, traveling between islands, small towns, and many other beauties. It doesn't take much time to get from downtown Vancouver to the pier, with your car on a BC Ferries ferry, to the Langdale ferry terminal on the Sunshine Coast, and finally to the small town of Gibsons. Gibsons is like Vancouver's back garden, and many people even ride bicycles on the ferry to come here for a craft beer and then back to Vancouver.
Of course, the people of BC province will not miss to enjoy the gift of nature, the Sunshine Coast stretches for nearly two hundred kilometers, the westward direction allows the sun to spread here widely, hence the name, along the way is more than the tranquility and leisure of small fishing villages by the sea. The abundant precipitation makes B.C. very moist, and the car drives on the road of the Sunshine Coast, with blue water on one side and dark forest on the other, and the clear streams of the forest are cheerful and falling, and they merge on the side of the road into a trickle of streams, all the way to the ocean. Soames Hill in Gibsons is the tallest of the many hills in the woods.
The forest is dominated by Western Canadian red pine and fir trees, full of their straight posture, and the year-round moisture has covered these hunks with a layer of green moss, and the softness makes people want to reach out and touch. The roots and branches of the western red pine are out of the ground, the red color is very eye-catching, and the parasitic trees that grow on the thick broken wood have to make people lament the tenacity and miracle of life.
Gibsons love to hike at Sommes Hill Provincial Park for fresher air, and several trails of varying intensity lead people to the top of the mountain. The forest paths are not artificially modified, and the safety fences and steps are also made of log planks, stepping through puddles, stepping on thick fallen leaves, and blending into the boundless greenery. Among them, the steepest route requires 434 steps to reach the top. Now, dance with the eagles and enjoy the magnificent views of Gibsons Harbour and its surroundings.
The rainforest stretches along the winding sun-kissed coastline to the Strait of Georgia and further north from Howe Bay to Desolation Sound. Blessed with its unique geographical environment, B.C. is the best place to experience outdoor sports, skating, skiing, snowshoeing in winter, after the snow and ice melt, hiking, mountaineering, golf, cycling, mountain biking, like elves haunt the primeval jungle. Lund is the end of the Sunshine Coast Highway, perhaps the reason Lonely Bay got its name. The Terracentric Coastal Adventure Club allows every brave heart to plunge into Lonely Bay, where canoes, kayaks, inflatable boats, and every activity breathes with the waves.
Christine, the club's manager, today personally steers a 21-foot inflatable boat that takes people across Lonely Bay Marine Park and enjoys the thrilling Zodiac Tour. Water birds circle in the air, inflatable boats cling to the surface of the sea, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, capturing a different world in the water. Not far away, swarms of dolphins paddled lightly, and even if the inflatable boat was slow, the slightest sound was enough to keep them far away.
The sea lions were bold, crying loudly and gathering on the rocks in the sea, and the number of them was difficult to count. When the waves rise, the salty waters are rushing in, and the jackets provided by the club are cold enough and waterproof enough. Christine was born in Toronto, and many years ago, tired of the cold, she came to the warm Lund alone, staying for several years. Her lectures bring people back to Canada's ancient past, when Europeans first came to B.C., especially Captain James Cook in Britain, to bring the magic of wealth back to the homeland, and after that, the fur, timber, and gold trade attracted a large number of Europeans to realize their dreams of prosperity.
Before europeans, BC had been inhabited for more than 1500 years, and it is speculated that the earliest Indigenous people were from Asia to Alaska via the Bering Strait and then here. Another big wave struck, crashing on the face, causing a series of exclamations, and what kind of hardships did the immigrants go through to reach the Sunshine Coast. Inflatable boats sailed past patches of wood, stout stakes firmly tied together, along the currents, along the shore of the island, on a mission to the docks. The fate of mankind is not so.
From Westview Port to Comox, by car, on board, disembarked and driven, BC Ferries have become an integral part of the trip between the Sunshine Coast and Vancouver Island. Enjoy a decent English breakfast on the ferry, enjoy the snowy mountains on both sides of the strait, and feel that an hour and a half is a bit fast. Horne Lake is hidden in a dense forest, and the people of Comox are willing to meet friends or come with their families to join the lake and mountains in their spare time. However, Vancouver Islanders are most proud of the cave group on horn Lake, where more than 3,000 large and small caves are connected together to inspire people to explore the mysteries.
People who are accustomed to seeing many stalactite caves may not think much of the Horn Lake cave group. The biggest feature here is the unadorned nature, there is no light in the cave, even the repaired steps are very few, and the absolute darkness is the most shining place in the Cave of Horn Lake. You can view fossils on the geological trail, or you can choose cave crossings of different difficulties according to your own conditions. Wearing a helmet with headlamps and waterproof clothing, you can hide in absolute darkness with your guide, Richard, in thousands of underground caverns.
Through the marble passage, over the crystal cave, many places need to crawl forward, hand and foot, if you can't squeeze the line, so the figure will have to find another way. Encounter bats hanging on the top of the cave, or see spider webs in the gap, Richard said that these are common, legend has it that there are fish and shrimp in the underground river, all day long dark so that its eyes evolve to nothing, hearing this, slightly strange, life is so endless, nature is really great.
The waterfall falls from the invisible darkness, through a winding path on the rock, climbing along the waterway, inevitably bumping and bumping, nearly ten meters high, fully appreciate what is really a hole in the sky. Now, turn off the headlights and place yourself in boundless darkness, all you have to do is listen to the sound of water dripping through the stones.
Welcome to The Cam River .