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Voyage Into Wilderness
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From the prow of the Columbia III |
By Linda Mason Hunter
July 6,
2010: I just returned from a five day expedition into the
sea wilderness of northern British Columbia aboard the
wooden trawler Columbia III. A remarkable journey into First
Nations territory, and a noteworthy one for I had forgotten
how long it has been since I was lost in the wilderness. I
saw orcas, black bear, dolphin, eagles, baby salmon feeding,
rhinoceros auklets, and on and on. I unplugged, unwound, and
became a wild looking woman once again. Running through my
head as I sat on the prow of the boat sketching the majestic
snow-covered mountains, peninsulas of cedar forests, and
sandy beaches covered with middens were these words from
Gerard Manley Hopkins’ poem “Inversnaid”:
“What would
the world be, once bereft of wet and of wildness? Let them
be left, oh, let them be left, wildness and wet. Long live
the weeds and the wilderness yet.”
For information
about boat and journeys, see
www.mothershipadventures.com.
Alert Bay Residential School |
Ross,
Miray, and Fern in the wheelhouse |
from abandoned village |
from Village Island |
Orca A14 |
Broughton archipelago,
northern British Columbia |
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