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Here’s a

not so quick

introduction to

where we live

So

Where

In the World

Is

Sleepy Bay, Rivers Inlet?

Right here

We are:

89 km north of Port Hardy – our closest “town”

220 km northwest of Vancouver

3819 km west northwest of Ottawa

4958 km due west of Rivers Inlet is,

Utashud, Siberia

not Japan,

AND

But

A Picture of our bay – the back part of Sleepy Bay

and another shot. Here are the “parts” of the Lodge

GeneratorHouse

Lodge

Guest Cabins

Gus’s Cabin

Guest Boats

Gandalf

Boat house

Rivers Inlet is hereAt the head of the Inlet is the First Nations Village of Oweekano

There are also two other inlets that go off Rivers Inlet

Moses

Hardy

Here is where our closest neighbours are

x

Sleepy Bay (Us)

O Robin’s Nest

(Sunshine Bay)

Robin, Sarah & Charlotte

O

O

O

Dawson’s Landing

Rob, Nola, Amber & Crystal

Buck’s Camp

(Finn Bay)

Art & Shelly

Cooper’s Cove

(McGee Channel)

Richard & Sheila

Not all the names we use are on the chart. Some are local names.

Here is where they are:

Klaquaek Channel is locally know as “The Lake”. In any wind other than a SW one, this area is calm like a mirror

This pass is know as “Slaughter Alley”. Local legend has it that one band of Natives massacred another in this spot.

Boaters know this area as Fury Cove as it is behind Fury Island.

Locals call this area “Clam Beach” – do I really have to tell why?

And at the back of Magee Channel is Cooper’s Cove, ‘cause that’s where they live.

And now

the Cast of Characters

Robin

Sarah

Charlotte

Nola Crystal & Amber

Richard & Sheila

The Lodge Cats

Ballou

Miss Kitty

Roxie

Our Vehicles

Dove

our work boat. Called Dove as it looks like a bar of soap

Pip

Our crew boat. The Rivers Inlet equivalent of a family sedan

This is our supply tug & barge, The Gulf Ranger, delivering our groceries. She’s too big to get into the Lodge, so drops the groceries on the Airport float. The planes bringing in the guests can’t get to the Lodge either, so drops & picks them up from this float.

And Now

Just Some Scenery

Clam Beach – the sand looks so white because it isn’t sand, its ground shells.

Most of the beaches around here are shell beaches.

This is just in behind Clam Beach. The Island in the background is Calvert Isl.

The first guest of the Season

The second guest

A Pine Marten making a quick exit

Janice had to be quick with the camera to catch him/her

The Lodge from the bay

The bay from the Lodge. You can just see the Airport float in the background

It does snow here

What a cool bird - brrrrr.

But mostly it is just

beautiful

So Long