Sechelt Rapids

The rapids just before max current!

                   
The Sechelt Rapids at the Skookumchuck Narrows are one of the largest/fastest salt water rapids in the world.  We hiked through the provincial park to reach the rapids about 45 minutes before maximum flood.  At maximum speed the rapids can run at 14 knots.  The narrows mark the entrance to the Sechelt inlet and runs south for 20 miles creating the Sechelt Peninsula.  The amazing thing is at the head of the inlet there is only a very short distance across an isthmus to the Strait of Georgia.  Just a mile or two and this whole inlet would be open.