Charles and Margo Wood - Charlie\'s Charts North to Alaska

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PENDER HARBOR

This popular harbor has a narrow entrance which opens into an extensive

basin with many fingers and small bayso It has been developed into a busy

sports fishing center with several marinas and communities scattered along its

shoreso The only pIace left for anchorage is in front of the Garden Bay Marine

Parko

The entrance to the harbor looks complicated because of the many islands,
but it ìs not difficult if a mid-channel course is taken between the isIandso
The light at the north end of Williarns Island marks the south side of the
entrance which is about 400' wideo A speed lirnit of 5 knots is enforced in the
harbor (past the entrance) because of the numerous docks and fIoatso

Irvings Landing Marina is located in Joe Bay (immediateIy to port on

entering) • ~1oorage, fuel t water I showers, and other serv ices can be obtained

hereo There are many other resorts and marinas further inside the harbor, alI

offering moorage, boat rentals, and other faci1ities. Madiera Park in

Welbourne Cove in the southeastern part of the harbor is the largest of the

small communities that make up Pender Harbor.

From Pender Harbor a side trip via 8-mile long Agamemnon Channel leads to

Jervis Inleto This 44-mile fiord with high mountains on each side leads to

beautiful Princess Louisa In1et (6 miles from its head)o The entraoce to

Princess Louisa Inlet is picturesque ~alibu rapids which can ooly be passed at

slack water (preferably high water slack)o The current and overfalls in the

narrow passage preclude any other time. Slack water occurs about 24 minutes

after high water for Point Atkinson and 36 minutes after low water. The actual

time is better displayed by the cessatior of white overfalls in the channelo

Vessels drift off the entrance waiting to enter; on leaving the docks of Malibu

Lodge (run be Young Life, a non-denominational Christian organization) can be

used for waiting and to admire the fantastic view.

The steep-sided. 4-mile long inlet ends at Chatterbox Falls, where the

Princess Louisa Marine Park maintains some floatso The spectacular scenery of

this location is well worth the side trip if the ~eather cooperateso

On the return from Jervis Inlet another picturesque anchoragè is to be

found behind tiny Harrnony Islands in Hotham Sound. Another spectacular

waterfall --Freil Fal1s -- tumbles do~n the steep mountain walls.