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A journey aboard Taconite to Princess Louisa Inlet guarantees the warmest sheltered waters for swimming, snorkeling and scuba diving. Keep a lookout for Native Canadian Indian pictographs along the granite walls - close your eyes and you'll feel like you're back in time. Princess Louisa Provincial Marine Park is located approximately 38 miles (60 km) northeast of Powell River on the Sunshine Coast. It has a charm and scenic beauty that must be seen and experienced aboard Taconite to be fully appreciated. Voted the "most scenic natural anchorage" in the world, the marine park is located in the Princess Louisa Inlet and is accessible by boat or plane only.

This 65-hectare park offers a unique setting with tranquil waters surrounded by a magnificent granite-walled gorge. Cut by a glacier, the walls rise to heights in excess of 2,100 metres. Until mid-June, the warm sun melting the mountain snow creates more than sixty waterfalls that cascade and spume down precipitous walls to mingle with the waters of Princess Louisa Inlet below. Tumbling 45 metres at the head of the inlet is the beautiful Chatterbox Falls, one of the most visited and celebrated nautical destinations in British Columbia. Arrangements can be made with Capt. Gordon Levett for canoeing and kayaking which provides a wonderful perspective from which to view both scenery and wildlife. A hiking and walking trail enables Taconites guests to view and appreciate the natural beauty of the royal fjord from the tranquility of its shoreline. MacDonald Island is easily accessible aboard one of Taconites tenders.


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