Galiano Island, in the Gulf Islands, Canada

The Gulf Islands.....

We drove from Victoria to board the BC Ferry at Swartz Bay, headed towards Sturdies Bay, on Galiano Island, the ‘Gem of the Gulf Islands’. The Gulf Islands are an island chain located between Vancouver and Vancouver Island.

Another exciting and beautiful ferry ride for us and Beasty. We disembarked and drove to Montague Provincial Marine Park to set up camp. The pic below is the view towards our campsite from Montague Bay.


We set up our camp while watching a beautiful sunset from a white shell beach across the island studded Pacific.

Claudia in the sunset....


The Beast (complete with moutain bikes!) admires the setting sun....

Today we drove the Beast to the base of Mount Galiano, after deciding to hike to the summit. Hiked to the peak in under an hour, 1,100 feet up, to a sensational view over the Gulf Islands, San Juan Islands (in America) and Vancouver Island. At the top, we sat in the sun watching the BC Ferries and even a wild sea eagle circling overhead.

A panoramic view of the Gulf Islands.


We watched a BC Ferry coming into the island.


More from the top.




Tired from the climb, we returned on dusk to our Montague Bay home


The Beast, fully loaded!


A final Galiano Island sunset.