CONTENTS

FOREWORD by Reed Waite, Executive Director of the Washington Water Trails Association & Cascadia Marine Trail

PREFACE: HOW THIS BOOK CAME TO BE

PREFACE TO THE Second EDITION

INTRODUCTION

1    THE BIG PICTURE
Background, Natural History, and Ethnohistory

2    DETAILS
Route, Weather, Navigation, Safety, and Equipment

3    PUGET SOUND
Olympia to Stewart Island (Roche Harbor) (150 miles)

4    VANCOUVER ISLAND
Sidney to Port Hardy (287/437 miles)

5    CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA
Port Hardy to Prince Rupert (331/768 miles)

6    ALASKA PANHANDLE
Prince Rupert to Juneau (382/1,150 miles)

7    NORTHERN FJORDS
Juneau to Muir Glacier, West Arm, or Skagway (130/1,280, 149/1,299, 95/1,245)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

APPENDIX A: Maps

APPENDIX B: Resources

APPENDIX C: Basic Marine Radio Protocol for Kayakers

APPENDIX D: Salmon and Mustelid Varieties Identification Charts

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX