Lighthouse Hiking

We've enjoyed some nice hiking the last couple of days. First in James Bay, and then today on Stuart Island.

James Bay is in the Canadian Gulf Islands and was our last night in Canada.  The hike goes around the bay and out to Peile Point. 

Yesterday's hike was six miles round trip, up and down a dirt road to a lighthouse.  It was a brief foray into small town island life. Actually there was no town.  Just a handful of folks living on Stuart Island together. They have a small schoolhouse and an airstrip

The unoccupied lighthouse is a time capsule to a time when lighthouses needed manning. You can sit on the porch and look past the lighthouse out to the channel beyond. The home is even still furnished. Or poke your nose into the smokehouse and let the smell of char take you back to times of smoked salmon and cod. It was a lovely excursion to stretch the legs.