Exploring Tenedos Bay

Lovely Tenedos Bay

From our anchorage in Galley Bay, we motored northeast up Homfray Channel to Tenedos Bay, which is inside the designated Desolation Sound Park.

This beautiful boat was anchored in the southwest corner of Tenedos Bay

This large bay has several nooks and coves that are great for exploring by dinghy, while passing scenic granite cliffs and beautiful Madrones; the entire bay is quite lovely.

The Madrones along the cliff sides are beautiful

There are 14 stern-tie installations around the bay, and anchorage spots in some of the smaller coves. The 3 stern-tie pins on the northern shore are situated above deep water (well over a 100 feet) making this a challenging up-slope anchorage off the bow with a stern-tie to shore.

Stern-tie Pin and Chain allow more space for boats to occupy the bay

The pins on the eastern side of the shore (the 3 near the head) are the most coveted spots above 30-40 feet of water.

A nice dinghy landing in Tenedos Bay

The northeastern side of the bay is also the access point to go ashore and hike the short trail leading to Unwin Lake; it’s a nice place for a swim if you’re so inclined.

A bird keeping watch at the dinghy landing

After anchoring Got d' Fever in the southwestern cove of Tenedos, we headed out by dinghy to explore the Bay. In preparation to go shore and hike the trail, we anchored the dinghy off the stern and tied the bow off to the shore.

Hiking the trail to Unwin Lake from Tenedos Bay

A few camp sites are located just upland near the head of the trail (camp sites are also available at Grace Harbour).

Beautiful Unwin Lake is a great place for a swim

After reaching Unwin Lake, the trail continues to a couple of smaller lakes and beyond, all the way to Melanie Cove in Prideaux Haven on the northern side of this BC Mainland peninsula. It takes most people about 1 to 2 hours to hike the entire trail one way.

A seal pup sunning himself

After returning back to the mother ship, we enjoyed watching a group of seal pups play in the cove near our boat; Leonard described the scene as the seal-pup daycare center. They were definitely cute, peeking their heads up above the water and playing among themselves; one seal decided to sunbath on a rock, while his siblings played.