There are three harbours on Haida Gwaii and in my personal opinion Queen City Harbour is the busiest and prettiest.
In the old days it was a huge working harbour, supplying fresh salmon and dogfish(used for oil for World War equipment).
The number of boats were so great that you could walk from one side of the harbour to the other on the decks of boats "rafted" together.
The commerical fleet is very small now as fish numbers drop at an alarming rate.
The site of boats the size of the Haida Provider or SouthIsle are rare at the dock these days.
With the decline of logging on the Islands boom tugs also spend more time tied up rather than working.
The harbour is used more for recreation than business these days. This float house dates back to the seventies and is currently used as a Bed & Breakfast after sinking several years ago and being refloated!
Our Dragon Boats....unfortunately not used enough.
The Coast Guard and sport fishing boats are tied up to the Government Dock.
During the summer sailors challenge the Hecate Strait(considered the forth most dangerous piece of water in the world when she is not happy!) to come visit us on Haida Gwaii.
They come in all shapes and sizes.
There are always boats for sale! I am not quite sure what is saleable on this one!
Another new arrivial.
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Our Dragon Boats....unfortunately not used enough.
The Coast Guard and sport fishing boats are tied up to the Government Dock.
They come in all shapes and sizes. 
13 comments:
What a wonderful post. It is a gorgeous harbour. I love all the mis-mash of boats; rusty ones, houseboats, the bright green one, dragon boats, fishing vessels... love it. I bet it's gorgeous in a misty fog.
It reminds me of what Victoria's Inner Harbour was like many years ago... when it was charming, had character and personality. Now it's mostly inaccessible locked yacht docks and tacky tourist amusements. Apparently that is called 'harbour development' and not pandering to rich. ;-) Although to be fair - Victoria's Inner Harbour has it's good bits.
Haida Gwaii keeps climbing up my 'must go there' list... mostly because of your blog, Carolyn. Love it!
I love a harbor without fancy yachts, but with rusty old tugboats - wonderful stuff.
Lovely series of photos! Love all the fishing boats decked in different colors. Very informative post and enjoyable read. Thanks! :)
Now I'd love to have that last boat in your list of photos! Lots of different types and colours of water vehicles here. Never been to the QCs but one never knows! Thanks for popping by! :D
Great post! I love anything related to the sea. Boats and harbours are always so interesting!
Please be so kind to remember to put your country when you link from the MWT site. I'm fixing today's.
Thanks so much for this great post. Love all the pictures!ref
That looks like a wonderful, exciting marina.
A great boatie post. I like the revovators delight, just a slap of paint and a bit of spit and polish and she'll be off again.
It is an interesting harbour!! I would love to stay at a B&B that is a boat!! What an experience that would be!!
Beautiful boats! I just spent a week on the West Coast of Sweden, and was reminded by my "sea heritage" (my grandfather was a sea captain and used to take us out every summer). So beautiful!
Lovely snaps...I'm not sure I would buy that last boat and take it out to sea.
What a beautiful harbor. Thanks for the tour of all the boats. Funny that one that sunk then became a B&B.
The demise of fish supplies is scary, isn't it? Doesn't seem like good news for our world.
Interesting B&B, would love to try a night or two. Lovely post, interesting harbor.
Carolyn: Those were just neat captures at the bay.
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