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Saturna Island Tour

Birds of a Feather’s Zodiac Medline III based in Victoria is available for private charter transport (water taxi) to and from Saturna Island. We are also available for marine eco-tour charters, or simply boating the west coast.

Saturna Island Lamb roast Canada Day
Saturna Island Canada Day Lamb Roast

Saturna Island Tour:

Almost one half of Saturna’s  31 sq.km of stunning bays, valleys and high rock bluffs are protected within the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve.  For summer recreation, Russell Reef, off East Point Road, showcases a lovely natural swimming hole and Thomson Park provides a perfect beacj to swim and relax.

The local vineyard has become well known for its wines and also runs the "Vineyard Bistro".
The Saturna Cafe and the Lighthouse Pub & Restaurant are also popular eateries on the island.

History:

The island was first used by indigenous people who called the island "Long Nose," due to the island’s long north-eastern tapering shoreline.

The name Saturna comes from the ship Santa Saturnina ("St. Saturnina"), commanded by Captain José María Narváez in 1791.

The first European settlers came in the 1800s, but the island was slower to develop than the neighbouring Gulf Islands due to its relative isolation and rugged topography.

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Saturna Island Tourism




The Saturna Island charter is a unique way to explore the unlimited beauty offered by the southern Gulf Islands, and a great way to discover this quaint island community. The length of this tour is entirely up to you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Humpys, Orcas, Stellars and California Sea Lions all in one afternoon

Sun, 10/12/2008 - 08:58 — Dieter

Every day is a unique adventure out on the Salish Sea but today’s trip stood out. We launched at Pedder Bay Marina in Metchosin to place us close to Race Rocks. As the California and Stellar Sea Lion bulls were entertaining us from their perches on the rock formations we suddenly found ourselves surrounded by a dozen or so of these mamoths swimming, diving and porpoising. Then the incredible happened. One of the stellars suddenly sprang out of the water not 40 feet from us with a huge salmon which it had just caught as it breached the surface. The salmon was squirming it the sea lion’s mouth. Just as quickly as the stellar had surfaced he dove again and repeated this motion 2 more times. All the while a dozen or so of his very excited mates were porpoising almost in unison as a group. In 12 years being out here on the ocean that was a first for me. This was just the begginning of our adventure. We had heard reports of 4 to 6 humpbacks in the general vicinity over the past week. As we networked with our colleagues we heard 6 transient orcas were nearby. We spent a bit of time enjoying the orcas before heading out in the direction of the shipping lanes where soon we spotted 4 humpbacks. They put on quite a show for us including some excellent tail flukes. The humpbacks were also very vocal. All this in the space of 4 hours on one of those special autumn days when the seas were calm and the sun was out.

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