Photo: Spider Island, Queens Sound

From Goose Island we sail east across Queens Sound and then through a group of little-known islands hidden between Queens Sound and Kildidit Sounds. We wind our way among islands and rocks looking for an anchorage. These rocky islands are topped with only a shallow cap of soil supporting only stunted wind-swept trees which give them a wild appearance. The passages between them are deep, narrow and twisty, punctuated by the occasional rock. It makes for challenging navigation since every island and rock looks like all the other islands and rocks. We first try Triquet and Lyte Anchorages but despite the enticing descriptions of them in Jennifer and James Hamilton's book the Secret Coast, we find them too windy and open to swells for a day where the weather report calls for 30 knots northwest. We finally settle on Hurricane Anchorage, so named not because it would make a good hurricane hole (although it would) but for its location next to Hurricane Island. I launch the kayak and paddle among the rocks while Steve takes the dinghy out fishing and catches three rockfish. We have a fine dinner of blackened rockfish and save the head for crabbing.