Later that day we paddled by a nice sandy delta in Shelter Bay, which proved to be the last decent campsite along the many miles of coast. We ended up camping in a small cover chock full of floating logs, seaweed and other debris, with about 2 metres square of actual beach. We were quite happy to get back into our boats the next day. Fog periodically surrounded us on the 12-mile crossing of Queen Charlotte Strait. The area where we crossed has a number of island groups that break up the crossing.
Many large ships sail through the Strait here, which made crossing in the fog a little unnerving.
Our last night was spent on Balaklava Island. We undertook the final crossing to Port Hardy in dense fog early the next morning. Ferrying across the current in Goletas Channel, we were gratified to hit exactly the point we were aiming for. The dense fog continued right into the harbour at Port Hardy. Everything was quite quiet since it was still early on Sunday morning.