British Columbia’s Inside Passage – Journey to Deleted Islands
by Richard Boyce - CoastalTarSands.ca
I’m in the process of making another feature length documentary film and I’m releasing it with a unique twist – as a series of 10-minute mini-docs on the internet so I could really use your help forwarding the link to people across Canada.This innovative media project takes a first hand look at British Columbia’s central coast, its natural features, the weather, the currents, the wildlife, and the people who live there. My personal journeys into this remote wilderness focus on the coastal areas where the Enbridge Corporation is proposing to navigate hundreds of supertankers loaded with millions of barrels of Diluted Bitumen (DilBit) from Alberta’s Tarsands to China via Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada.
I recently completed a kayak trip through the waters where these massive ships will make three hairpin turns of more than 90 degrees, while loaded with 2 million barrels of DilBit from Alberta’s Tarsands. I had to see the coast for myself because the misinformation about the tanker routes is overwhelming. I’m certain people will appreciate my first-hand video approach.
We encountered whales and lots of marine traffic along the rugged coast. What an amazing place, when the rain stopped and the fog lifted we encountered our first Humpback Whale sleeping in the middle of a narrow channel. Drifting with the current, it stayed there most of the day, blowing periodically. A few days later while paddling across the same narrow channel, a massive Cruise Ship slowed down to allow us, in a tiny little kayak, to clear the area. I can’t imagine what would happen if we were a 330 meter long supertanker with 2 tugboats swinging it around a hairpin turn with over a 500 meters of steel cable. What a nightmare!
best wishes,
Richard
About the Filmmaker: Richard Boyce, MFA is an award winning documentary filmmaker with a background as a Cinematographer. Living on Vancouver Island, Boyce makes documentary films and videos focusing on social issues and the environment, recently producing, directing, and photographing the award winning: ‘RAINFOREST – The Limit of Splendour’ Details at: http://rainforestmovie.ca
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