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Explore Quadra Island's New Park at Small Inlet & Waiatt DISCOVERY ISLANDER ISSUE 574 Serving the Discovery Islands since 1992 April 18, 2014 Explore Quadra Island’s New Park at Small Inlet & Waiatt Bay You can also launch your boat at end of Surge Narrows Road, with its steep access. (Or better yet, why not rent kayaks from nearby Coast Mountain Expeditions.) Time both your departure and return for slack tide in Beasley Pass, unless you like a boiling sea, and continue on for several hours to the Octopus Islands Marine Park. Consider a late June trip when you can check out the clam gardens. You’ll see signs of century-old logging throughout this region and on the portage route of the new park, which served as an oxen skid trail in the 1880s when young R.D. Merrill bought the land for its timber. The property remained in this multi-generation logging family for 130 years. Thanks to the purchase of this land, the second growth trees of this exceptionally beautiful wilderness area will remain intact for generations to come. We did it! Islanders joined a coalition of partners, improve their harvest. The best time to see this is martialed by BC Parks, to purchase 395 hectares during the lowest tides of the year in mid-June. of land at Small Inlet/Waiatt Bay. The acquisition Place Names The full walk, from the trail head just off the of this jigsaw puzzle piece at the heart of two Very few of the original aboriginal place names Granite Bay Road to Waiatt Bay, takes four or five existing parks was one of the Parks Branch’s top have been preserved on Quadra Island, but north hours return, depending upon your pace. There ten priorities. Join in the celebration for this Quadra Island is an exception. Here’s some of the are some steep areas. The trail starts with a climb achievement at the Heriot Bay Inn on Friday, names still in use: up a former logging road, and passes several April 25 at 7:00 p.m. small lakes before it hits the opal blue waters of Okisollo Channel: “passage through”. Another way to celebrate is with a hike or a kayak Newton Lake. This is a great place for a swim in Waiatt Bay: has been translated to mean different trip to the new park. A great day hike starts near summer, with a choice of rocky promontories things, mainly by Kwakwala speakers. Some have the end of the Granite Bay Road, on the trail to and the call of the resident loons. said it means “place that has herring”, another Newton Lake. At the lake follow the sign posted Another way to access the new park is by water. said it meant “that which has a river.” route for a left fork that veers north and down a A paddle from Granite Bay dock to the head Kanish Bay: translates to a shape like a narrow steep hill past a waterfall and on to Small Inlet. of Small Inlet is a perfect day trip. You’ll pass waist, which marks the transition from Granite It’s here that the trail reaches the new park, the white shell beach of Green Island (or Shell Bay to Kanish Bay. taking you to a viewpoint that overlooks the islets Island), a former aboriginal defensive site, and near the head of Small Inlet. The trail continues it’s worth a slight detour to see Orchard Bay, with south to cross Quadra Island’s narrowest point— - Jeanette Taylor its grassy headland, just off the north entrance from Small Inlet to Waiatt Bay—on a centuries of Small Inlet. This is the largest aboriginal old portage route. village site in the entire region, and has a terrific The clam shell midden at Waiatt Bay, evidence example of a clam garden. of a former aboriginal village site, is one of many You have options at the head of Small Inlet. You in this area. These protected waters are rich in can hike up past the falls to Newton Lake, or just marine life. It’s the tremendous rush of tide in take the 30-minute walk across Quadra Island on the passages that surround north Quadra that the Small Inlet to Waiatt Bay portage. Don’t miss accounts for this. The tide can run at 15 knots in the bubbling pool at the Small Inlet trail head, Okisollo Channel, flushing and oxygenating the fed by an underground spring. This end of the waters of Small Inlet and the Octopus Islands. trail will be a riot of bright yellow skunk cabbages The aboriginal people cleared and tended clam at this time of year. beds here, piling the rocks at the low tideline to Poets’ ISCOVERY SLANDER D ISSUE I574 Quadra Island Corner April 18, 2014 Poetry Slam Publisher/Editor: Words. We use them but poets, poets craft Philip Stone them. Poetry has long been an oral tradition; The D.I. is published every two slam poetry has revitalized the interest of poetry weeks and is distributed throughout Shadow Yoga the Discovery Islands as performance, and exponentially expanded interest in performance poetry across North Three belly breaths in I notice CONTACT US America. Slam poetry is perceived by many as bronze Buddha’s silhouette a democratizing force; open and accepting of all eMail: [email protected] backgrounds, ages and voices. waggling a hang loose on the east wall. Tel: 250.285.2234 A Poetry Slam is a competition in which poets PO Box 280, Quathiaski Cove During Seated Twist a shadow bee perform original work. Poems are judged equally BC V0P 1N0 plays in a patch of light, disappears Office: 701 Cape Mudge Rd on manner and enthusiasm of performance as much as content and poem style. Judging is done Hours: Mon-Thurs 10 am - 4 pm and resurfaces in a second by pre-selected members of the audience. golden square near the instructor’s knee. Opinions expressed in this magazine But the Strong Words Poetry Slam May 9th in are those of the contributors and the Heriot Bay Inn PUB is not quite ye–olde Upside-down fronds tease from are not the views of the publisher. traditional Slam, because it is a Non-Competitive a lit-up rectangle during Downward Dog. evening. Yep, no judging. Vancouver Slam Gray shimmer of a bird preens on a twisted twig Submission Guidelines Master Duncan Shields plus other Vancouver slam-scene poets will be here to keep us going, Items for publication on subjects as the class swan dives into Forward Bend. of interest to the Discovery and local poets will take the stage too. The usual Islands community are welcome. Poetry Slam rules will be followed, all except the A sweep of salutations, Cat, Child, Cobra pose, Please help us by following these judging. There is a three minute time limit per final melt into the creases of the laminate floor. simple guidelines. poem; props are not permitted. • Text articles do not need to be When I open my eyes again the sun has slipped, attached in a file. Simply send the To learn more about the art of the Slam, check text in the body of an email. out Duncan Shields teaching a UofQ in the HBI Buddha in the shade, behaving like a statue. • Please use Canadian spelling. Pub on Thursday May 8th. And be sure not to miss Quadra’s first official (non-competitive) -Carol Gall • Please use the title of your item as the email ‘subject’. Strong Words Poetry Slam in the HBI Pub May 9. Doors are at 8:30pm; $10 at the door. • Please remember to include Always a lover of the written word, for Quadra’s Carol Gall, credits and captions for photos Island poets, aspiring wordsmiths and closet and other artwork. a perfect day is sun-baked - half spent outdoors and half at writers are invited to join in on stage: no • Please print had-written her perpetually overcrowded desk. material clearly. cover fee if you’re performing. Call the Inn to participate: 250.285.3322. While every effort is made to include all items submitted, errors and accidental omissions do occur. 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QCC, Room 3, 3:00 - 4:30. All Welcome. Saturday April 19 - Drop-in Badminton, Cape Mudge Gym $2/player Q? [email protected] - Easter Market, QCC 10 am - 2 pm TUESDAY - Honeybee Frame Building Workshop, 1536 Heriot Bay Road, 1 pm - Yoga with Trinity, QCC #3, 5-6:30pm- - Live music with Ten Times Bigger, Quadra Legion 9 pm - 1am, $10 - Al-Anon Meeting, Quadra Children’s Centre, 7:00 pm Thursday, April 24 - Folkdancing, 7:30 to 9:30 pm, QCC, Sept 17 to end Apr, 285-3298.
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