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Route: Vancouver, Squamish, Inside Passage, Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, Glacier Bay NP, Seward, Alyeska, Anchorage, Talkeetna, Denali, Fairbanks, Valdez.
Places: Sea to Sky Hwy, Howe Sound, Porteau Cove Provincial Park, Shannon Falls Provincial Park, Sky Pilot Mountain, Sea to Sky Gondola, Atwell Peak, Stawamus Chief, Squamish Spit, Brandywine Falls Provincial Park, Daisy Lake, Cheakamus Valley
Wildlife & flora: Barn swallow, Steller's jay, American robin, Dark-eyed junco, Common raven
⏳ Jun 24, 2017
Porteau Cove Provincial Park
Porteau Cove Provincial Park is an oceanfront haven for scuba divers, kayakers, stand-up paddleboarders, beachcombers and those just looking for a place to relax by the shore. It's a little bit of oceanfront paradise just minutes from Squamish.
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Barn swallow
Steller's jay
Shannon Falls Provincial Park
Dropping from a whopping 335 meters (1,105 feet), Shannon Falls is BC’s third tallest falls and the Sea to Sky corridor’s most popular spot for a picnic. Around the base of the falls, you’ll find a well-maintained boardwalk and trail network to explore some of the area’s towering trees, old-growth stumps and the ever-present mist from the roaring falls above.
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Spiritual value to the Squamish First Nation, the first people to live in this area. They told of a two headed sea serpent, Say-noth-ka who lived in and around Howe Sound. According to legend this beast travelled both on land and in water. Some versions say it was Say-noth-ka who formed Shannon Falls by slithering and twisting his powerful body up the mountainside on repeated expeditions; Say-noth-ka gradually wore down a spillway for those cascading waters.The trees here are massive and when the waterfall is pumping, cascading some 335 m down the cliffs, there is a light mist that bathes everything in a golden light.
Spiritual value to the Squamish First Nation, the first people to live in this area. They told of a two headed sea serpent, Say-noth-ka who lived in and around Howe Sound. According to legend this beast travelled both on land and in water. Some versions say it was Say-noth-ka who formed Shannon Falls by slithering and twisting his powerful body up the mountainside on repeated expeditions; Say-noth-ka gradually wore down a spillway for those cascading waters.The trees here are massive and when the waterfall is pumping, cascading some 335 m down the cliffs, there is a light mist that bathes everything in a golden light.
American robin
Sea to Sky Gondola
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Sky Pilot Mountain
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Atwell Peak              Dark-eyed junco |
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| Common raven |
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| 100 meter Sky Pilot Suspension Bridge |
Stawamus Chief and Shannon Falls seen from Squamish Spit
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| View from Squamish Spit We stayed overnight at Mountain retreat hotel. |
Brandywine Falls Provincial Park (North of Squamish)
Brandywine Falls (the spectacular 70 metre waterfall) is best seen from the viewpoint which also presents some marvelous views of Daisy Lake and the surrounding mountains.🌐 Map
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| Daisy Lake and the Cheakamus Valley |
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