Enchanted Isles - The Southern Gulf Islands

The Queen of Cumberland enters Active Pass from the west.

Camera: NIKON D2X | Date: 7/20/05 8:56 PM | ISO: 320 | Exp. Time: 1/320s | Aperture: 5.3 | Focal Length: 65.0mm

A fall full moon rises over Plumper Sound and Saturna Island.

Mount Norman on South Pender Island.

Magic happens where land and sea come together. Malaspina Point on Gabriola at sunset.

Camera: NIKON D2X | Date: 7/10/06 9:08 PM | ISO: 100 | Exp. Time: 1/20s | Aperture: 11.0 | Focal Length: 15.0mm

Boats in the Thieves Bay marina on Pender Island await their skippers’ next adventures.

A colourful cornucopia greets visitors to Saturday market in Ganges.

Too cold to swim? Try telling these Mayne kids as they jump off Miners Bay wharf.

Camera: NIKON D2X | Date: 7/25/06 8:25 PM | ISO: 100 | Exp. Time: 1/200s | Aperture: 7.1 | Focal Length: 24.0mm

The sea creates and surrounds the islands, and provides an ever changing spectacle.

Sandstone weathered in fanciful honeycomb patterns at Narvaez Bay.

Harbour seals haul out on undisturbed islets.

Camera: NIKON D2X | Date: 9/5/06 3:15 PM | ISO: 100 | Exp. Time: 1/800s | Aperture: 4.5 | Focal Length: 185.0mm