Steveston, Fraser River

This morning, Bill and Mike checked in with the Marina office, and then we took our trailers over to Bella Storage. We were able to park our vehicles in the marina parking lot. Finally on our way on the water around 11:30 am. First stop was at the customs dock in Whiterock. It is not a manned station, so we called Canadian Customs on our phones from there. All three of us got cleared, and then continued on 37 miles to the Fraser River. We are currently in Steveston. I stayed at the Steveston Harbor Authority transient dock, while Bill and Mike went across the small channel to an old dock that didn’t appear to be used for anything. Tomorrow morning we plan to go visit the Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site museum. The dock I’m at is the closest, so Bill and Mike will come over here tomorrow morning. (This dock has a fee, but the office was closed when I called, so I guess I’ll find out tomorrow what that fee is… The dock across the way was pretty small and water relatively shallow on one side. Wasn’t sure how much more of a tide drop, so I just felt more comfortable at the dock I’m at.) We were in pretty rough water for a little over an hour, earlier today. Mostly because we were parallel to the swells/waves, which were only about a foot in height.Read more