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Denis Dwyer just posted this on the Inside Passage Facebook site:
I received the following email from fellow paddler Glenn Lewis announcing the location of a new cabin that he took part in constructing along the BC coast at Cranstown Point near Rivers Inlet. This is an excellent location for a paddlers cabin and is sure to be a welcome overnight stopping point for Inside Passage Sea Kayakers for many years to come. Photos of the cabin and its location will be added to this post as soon as possible. Let me be the first here to thank Glenn and his group of friends for their enormous effort to build this cabin which is sure to be a welcome stopping point for weary paddlers far into the future.
The coordinates of the cabin are 51.367427 X -127.775895 (N51°22.045 X W127°46.553)
I’ll let Glenn describe the cabin in his own words.
Hi Denis
I have just returned from being part of a group which built a shelter primarily for paddlers at Cranstown Pt. This is the south entrance to Rivers Inlet and a place where virtually all paddlers making their way north or south between Alaska and Washington will stop.
We transported a prefab building via water taxi and it took a week to put up. The shelter is relatively small at 10’x12’ but it is well built with a metal roof, plywood walls, four 3’ x 6’ windows, a fireplace and a generous supply of wood. It is about halfway to Alaska from Bellingham.
The idea was to create a place where paddlers could rest, dry out if need be and recharge a bit. The bunks are 41” wide so can hold two if need be for a total of sleeping space for 4. We had 6 tents set up for the construction and there is plenty of good upland camping. We built a steel roofed outhouse.
What we have done is build a refuge as a way of giving back, at a time when our open water paddling careers are coming to an end. When we left we considered that the shelter now belonged to those who could use it.
I don’t follow social media much but I understand you may have a page that promotes the inside passage route and shares information. I would be grateful if you would add something about the shelter.
Access is possible from Open Bight but it is better to land on the SW facing beach on the other side. That beach is accessible without much surf, if any, when paddlers are likely to be out. The trail to the shelter is toward the east end of the south facing beach. I am not in the habit of taking photos but several others have many and if you are willing to spread the word of this new paddlers asset, I will try to get a few images to you from the others.
Glenn Lewis
I received the following email from fellow paddler Glenn Lewis announcing the location of a new cabin that he took part in constructing along the BC coast at Cranstown Point near Rivers Inlet. This is an excellent location for a paddlers cabin and is sure to be a welcome overnight stopping point for Inside Passage Sea Kayakers for many years to come. Photos of the cabin and its location will be added to this post as soon as possible. Let me be the first here to thank Glenn and his group of friends for their enormous effort to build this cabin which is sure to be a welcome stopping point for weary paddlers far into the future.
The coordinates of the cabin are 51.367427 X -127.775895 (N51°22.045 X W127°46.553)
I’ll let Glenn describe the cabin in his own words.
Hi Denis
I have just returned from being part of a group which built a shelter primarily for paddlers at Cranstown Pt. This is the south entrance to Rivers Inlet and a place where virtually all paddlers making their way north or south between Alaska and Washington will stop.
We transported a prefab building via water taxi and it took a week to put up. The shelter is relatively small at 10’x12’ but it is well built with a metal roof, plywood walls, four 3’ x 6’ windows, a fireplace and a generous supply of wood. It is about halfway to Alaska from Bellingham.
The idea was to create a place where paddlers could rest, dry out if need be and recharge a bit. The bunks are 41” wide so can hold two if need be for a total of sleeping space for 4. We had 6 tents set up for the construction and there is plenty of good upland camping. We built a steel roofed outhouse.
What we have done is build a refuge as a way of giving back, at a time when our open water paddling careers are coming to an end. When we left we considered that the shelter now belonged to those who could use it.
I don’t follow social media much but I understand you may have a page that promotes the inside passage route and shares information. I would be grateful if you would add something about the shelter.
Access is possible from Open Bight but it is better to land on the SW facing beach on the other side. That beach is accessible without much surf, if any, when paddlers are likely to be out. The trail to the shelter is toward the east end of the south facing beach. I am not in the habit of taking photos but several others have many and if you are willing to spread the word of this new paddlers asset, I will try to get a few images to you from the others.
Glenn Lewis
