Portage Inlet explore

I put in from the gravel beach at the Victoria Canoe and Kayak Club. It's just in from the Tillicum Bridge, where the Gorge Rapids happen:

(Slack tide this day—this was a reconnoitre à pied, looking for a ramp in the park across the water from the VCKC.)

Some rowers taking advantage of the slack:

It gets quite ripping through there with the tide.

Here's my little trip—just paddling, no amas or sailing rig:

The pin is at the VCKC. The channel to the Admirals Road Bridge (Maple Pt above) is shallow and has lots of eel grass in it. Not a great place for sailing, as the foils would keep catching weeds.

But, under the bridge and around the corner to the North, it gets deeper and less weedy. The view reminds me of the Muskoka area of Ontario:

I went up Colquitz Creek as far as I could:

Discovered a little footbridge farther up:

Past the footbridge it started to get gnarly:

 

After checking out the creek I paddled over to where the chart says there's a ramp, but it had been deconstructed, I guess.

That was my little trip in September. I didn't go under the Tillicum Bridge.

Here's an old video that shows some of the upper harbour areas, starting at that bridge:

And here's a more modern one showing a bit of turbulence under the Tillicum Bridge: