Originally Posted By: lodo
I am going to a conference in Vancouver in October and was wondering about staying to do a bit of the Pacific Rim trail.

About 11 years ago I sailed my boat up to the Broken Group of Islands in Barkley Sound which is part of Pacific Rim NP. Absolutely beautiful place. I cleaned a fish and threw the carcass overboard where I was anchored. The bladder still had air in it, and as it floated to shore, I counted 9 bald eagles in the trees eyeing it. It was quite entertaining to observe their pecking order as to whose turn it was to have a go at that fish carcass.