Historic Boat Tours: Telegraph Cove, Sointula & Alert Bay

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Saturday, June 27th, 2015
June 27 & 28

Come on board for an overnight boat trip to the northeast coast of Vancouver Island! On this journey, enjoy a trip to Telegraph Cove, Sointula & Alert Bay.

This historic overnight boat trip takes passengers to the northeast coast of Vancouver Island. The area offers unique history and scenery, from the old mill site of Telegraph Cove, now a premier whale watching and wildlife centre, to the former Finnish settlement of Sointula on Malcolm Island to the First Nations ‘Namgis village of Alert Bay, on Cormorant Island.
 
Participants meet at the Museum at Campbell River in the afternoon and are taken by bus to Telegraph Cove (depart 1:30pm). A Museum interpreter will point out sites of historical significance on the way. Passengers spend the night in the quaint cove cottages then in the morning depart by boat from the dock for Malcolm Island.  Here, Malcolm Islanders bring passengers to the Sointula Museum and discuss their unique history.  

From Sointula, the boat heads over to Cormorant Island and takes visitors to Alert Bay, and after lunch, a representative from the U’mista Cultural Centre will conduct a guided tour of the Centre. Passengers return to Telegraph Cove, and the bus departs for Campbell River at 4:00pm.   

The tour includes:
• Bus transportation from Campbell River to Telegraph Cove and return
• Accommodation in Telegraph Cove in updated heritage cabins
• An evening lecture on Telegraph Cove history  
• A boat cruise to Sointula and Alert Bay with conducted tours at both sites by local residents; including a viewing of the Potlach collection masks at U’mista Cultural Centre
• Lunch and coffee/tea breaks  

Note:  Dinner and breakfast are not included in the tour price.  Both meals are available in Telegraph Cove.

For more information on our boat tours, please go to http://www.crmuseum.ca/historic-boat-tours