39. Sointula + Alert Bay

I asked myself the question how life is in those small communities on Vancouver Island. Even crazier is, that there are people nearly on every small island, living in small communities with only few houses and restaurants.

So I took early in the morning a round trip with the ferry to Sointula on Malcom Island. When I arrived at the harbour of Sointula, there were already school kids waiting to take the ferry to Port McNeill on there part to go to school.
I hiked the Beautiful Bay Trail to the Bere Point. After 2,5 km a sign warned that the trail, already not in good shape, wasn't managed and because of this a high risk. So I decided to return to Sointula to take the ferry back to Port McNeill.

Lucky enough, I could immediatly check-in to take the ferry again (there is only one "boat"), this time to Alert Bay on Cormorant Island. There were a few more restaurants, however a lot were (already?) closed. Up to a half of the village's residents are First Nations people. The village is in traditional  Kwakwaka'wakw territory and so I visited a museum dedicated to them and also the original burial grounds with a lot of totems, one of them is the tallest totem in the world.

Ended the day in my hotel, where I got a room upgrade - the honeymoon suite - ehmm ok 😂 Situated direct near the ocean, I enjoyed the amazing view and read a book.Read more