Route options
- East-side inside passages — Parks Canada: "The east side provides sheltered routes... offers more route options during changing weather conditions." The standard paddling choice.
- Moresby Camp to Gwaii Haanas via Carmichael and Dana Passage — the usual protected approach for boats and kayaks.
- Watchmen-site circuit — link K'uuna Llnagaay, T'aanuu Llnagaay, Hlk'yah G̱awG̱a and G̱andll K'in Gwaay.yaay on an east-side trip.
- Burnaby Narrows — the intertidal life Parks Canada singles out on its kayaking page.
- West coast of Gwaii Haanas — "steep and rocky. Pounding surf and lengthy stretches of cliffs make landing very difficult, if not impossible. It is for experienced kayakers only."
7 days
Guided east-side week
A licensed tour operator handles the reservation, fee and orientation, plus the boat or float-plane drop. The realistic first trip here for most paddlers.
10 days
Self-guided east-side traverse
Your own reservation, fee and orientation, a drop at Moresby Camp or by charter, then inside-water paddling south with Watchmen-site stops and weather days built in.
Access points
- Skidegate Landing — BC Ferries terminal, seven hours from Prince Rupert.
- Sandspit (YZP) — Air Canada flights from Vancouver; Moresby Island road access.
- Masset (ZMT) and Daajing Giids — air and charter access, visitor centres.
- Moresby Camp — the usual launch for the protected inside route into Gwaii Haanas.