With names borrowed from World War II fighter planes, the islands and islets surrounding Spider Anchorage in the Hakai Luxvbalis Conservancy Area at the edge of Queen Charlotte Sound offer a unique experience to pleasure boaters looking for diverse scenery and a lesson in military history—and who don’t mind having the place to themselves.

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Infamous West Coast rum runner Captain Stone brought his lady and his ship to Mexico’s most notorious rum port

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The mythologies of antiquity, once shrugged off as mere fables, may provide clues about the peopling of the coast—and shatter preconceived notions of whence the first inhabitants came

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