Sail boat passing Butedale wharf, Princess Royal Island, mid-coast British Columbia, Canada
Butedale was founded on Princess Royal Island, British Columbia in 1918, and it is accessible only by boat. It was a base for fishing, mining and logging. At its peak the population of Butedale was over 400 people. but it's now a ghost town. It was, for many years, the site of a salmon cannery that ceased operations in the 1950s. The Butedale Founders Association has talked about restoring the town but it is quickly falling to ruin. The wharf has been maintained and is used as a base for boaters and fishers visiting the area. Once summer comes, and the weather settles, the fjords and islands off the Inside Passage to Alaska are a popular boating destination for sailors from the lower Mainland of BC and the USA. Indeed, with the exception of two roads that reach the coast from the interior of BC at Bella Coola and Prince Rupert, most of the coast has no road access and the approximately 12000 square miles (32,000 square km) of this amazing wilderness can only be reached by boat. This sail boat had stopped to see Butedale and was motoring past the Butedale wharf on its way to the Inside Passage.
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Location: Butedale, Princess Royal Island, mid-coast British Columbia, Canada
Photo credit: © Terry Allen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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