Vancouver_Magazine_May_2017

VANMAG.COM MAY 2017 89

IT’S A GAME that’s

easy enough to play: What

would you take if marooned

on a desert island? But a

four-day kayaking trip to

the Broken Group Islands

proves an even greater

packing challenge, where

wind, blanket fog, torrential

rain and glorious sunshine

are all possibilities. j

TRAVEL ADVENTURE

ISLANDS

A kayak trip to B.C.’s Broken

Group Islands, just southeast

of Ucluelet, uncovers white-sand

beaches and turquoise-blue

waters within reach.

BY Margaret de Silva

Play

Bay Watch

Sure, you have to pack

in food and water,

but the payoff is a

remote archipelago

all to yourself. This

stop, Hand Island.

BROKEN GROUP ISLANDS / HOME SWEET EAST VAN / GONE CAMPING VANMAG.COM/GO

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