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Vancouver Island Day 4: Port Alice

30 December 2023 103 km / 64 mi (map)

After a few long days on the road, I mostly took a rest today. I drove a relatively short route to Port Alice just to see what it was about and otherwise laid low and kept to myself today.

This sunrise-ish photo was taken at 8:45 this morning (!).

A calm coastal bay at Port Hardy under a broken, partly clouded sky glowing yellow and orange from the low morning sun. A rocky, tide-exposed shoreline with dark evergreen trees lines the right side, and low forested hills with a few houses sit across the water in the distance.
Port Hardy, British Columbia, Canada

Along the way to Port Alice, I stopped at the Marble River crossing. The waterfall was impressive.

Marble River, north of Port Alice, British Columbia, Canada

(What you’re seeing in this video is rain, not snow.)

Marble River, north of Port Alice, British Columbia, Canada
Marble River, north of Port Alice, British Columbia, Canada
A misty, forested landscape of tall evergreen conifers stretching over rolling hills, with a small patch of grey water visible in the valley and low fog softening the distant tree-covered ridges under an overcast sky.
north of Port Alice, British Columbia, Canada

There’s not a lot to report from Port Alice. It’s a town of less than 1000 people and in the winter it’s pretty sleepy. There were some moody cloudy views across the Neroutsos Inlet and that was about it.

A moody, overcast view across calm gray water toward mist-shrouded, forested mountains, with several small tree-covered islets dotting the inlet under a heavy, cloud-filled sky.
Port Alice, British Columbia, Canada
Forested mountains partly veiled in low cloud and mist rise steeply across calm, grey water under an overcast sky, viewed from across an inlet. A thin dark line, likely a log boom or barrier, stretches across the water in the midground.
Port Alice, British Columbia, Canada

Tomorrow will be a long day on the road to one last destination on this trip.

Port Hardy to Port Alice, British Columbia, Canada, and back · 103 km / 64 mi
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