May 19, 2011 - Cruise ships that end their voyages in Vancouver usually travel south through the protected waters between mainland British Columbia and Vancouver Island on their last sea day.  About noon our ship passed into Queen Charlotte Strait which begins at the northern tip of Vancouver Island.  We sailed south through progressively narrower channels until sunset near Campbell River. 

The photograph above shows the scenery early in the afternoon while below is the1898 Cape Mudge Lighthouse at dusk.  This lighthouse protects the entrance to Seymour Narrows, the location of the once treacherous "Ripple Rock" which claimed 120 vessels before being blown to bits in 1958 by the largest non-nuclear explosion at the time.