Abandoned in Alaska. Hidden Gems in the Lynn Canal
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- Some of my greatest leads come from locals, which only happens after extended visits in a community. When we decided to come to Haines, our main goal was to try and get some fish and crab for the freezer, as this would be our last visit to the ocean this season. Having never visited Haines before, I didn't expect anyone to be stopping by with local leads, but that is precisely what happened. I was told about Taiyasanka Harbor, from a local that had stopped by to gift us a jar of home made canned salmon. At this point, we had already found the good crabbing and fishing holes we were hoping for, so having a historic lead to chase down was just a bonus.
Sure, this is just an old wooden barge, and to many people it is even unrecognizable, but to me it is history. I love to see these old relics of a time come and gone, and in a state of deterioration like this, you can really get an idea of how it was built, used and what it could handle. Before the road systems were established into Alaska and the Yukon Territory, barges like this were the lifeblood of the North. I would love to see this barge before it had reached this state, but to see it at all is a pleasure.
The ocean was kind to us during our visit in Haines. Even on the rough windy days, we still had safe trips and crabs in the pot, but when the waters were just too turbulent, we got to enjoy some time on Chilkoot Lake. I did not plan to go up and visit the lake during this stay, but I am so happy that we did. The drive up from Haines is short, but it is absolutely beautiful, and this time of year the water is a perfect clear blue. The salmon are running and the bears are happy, the perfect time to come up for a closer look. During a Salmon run, coastal bears present a completely different behaviour due to the abundance of food. Bears of all size and species come to the rivers to indulge on the spawning salmon. Thousands of salmon swim up the river, and for a bear it is easy picking. So easy in fact, that the bears can be selective of the fish they choose to eat. Female salmon are number one, and often just the eggs are squeezed out and eaten, and the rest of the carcass discarded. Live salmon are chased, or even grabbed out of the air as they make their way upstream. Dead salmon are scooped up by the younger and older bears, that don't have the skill or energy to pursue the faster lively swimmers. Regardless of the fish chosen, there is no shortage of food to eat, therefore no need for aggression. Even the biggest, ugliest most fearsome Grizzly will pose nicely for a photo during Salmon season, and that was the purpose of our visit to Chilkoot Lake.
We were fortunate to see one bear on the way up to the lake, and quite a lot of salmon once we got on the water, but unfortunately that was it for wildlife during this adventure. Never the less, the scenery was absolutely beautiful, and a good time was enjoyed. Haines is definitely on the list for a revisit.
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Dustin, Emi you two are really doing great together. Emi your laugh is much more relaxed now. Dustin, you are much more relaxed with your travels, taking more time to enjoy things. Thank you both!
Yes Emi, you are a good addition to the show, safe travels and thanks for taking us along!❤❤
I’ve noticed the settle in too. It’s really human and humbling to be reminded it takes time to build trust and build relationships, but the journey is beautiful ❤
Emi is a great add-on to the videos I love seeing her giggle at you.
Thank you Emi for being a part of these videos love that you're always laughing at him.
( oh no not again !)😊
Thank you Dustin & Emi for my morning Zen! ✌️
Small words to express a big feeling: Thank you.
Your good humour and positivity is a light in our home every Saturday morning. My son loves your show (he has pretty good taste).
Thanks to you two for another great video. I used to look forward to Saturday morning cartoons, now it Saturday mornings and Destination Adventure.
Happy Saturday morning! Once again a beautiful production. Thank you!
My new favorite routine is grabbing a coffee Saturday morning with one of Dustin's videos.
@Dustin - thank you so much for your incredible work. I like the mechanical, I like the travel, I like the cooking, I like the history, I like the ebike... And most of all, your talent to film and produce it all. I hope you're able to do this (and enjoy it) for as long as you want to. Wishing you tons of success, bud.
Thank you so much.
I know you both realize how very blessed you are to be able to see the things you've seen and experience every bit of it in person, me...I'm blessed to come along! You'll never know how much your adventures mean to all of us!❤
I enjoy watching people in the wind and rain while I'm sitting in my warm, dry living room.
Thanks Dustin for another wonderful morning video.
Sometimes I forget that it’s a Saturday and that a new adventure might be uploaded. Beautiful day. Thank you from Vancouver Island
Amazing as always Dustin. There's no need to be "The Best" fisherman or crabber. The joy and memories come from the experience and YOU have the experiences that many WISH they could accomplish. I've spent decades exploring BC and can say that Northwestern BC/Alaska is by FAR the most beautiful. Thank you for taking us along!
Thanks for another great adventure. Thank you for helping me to get over my wife of 51 years passing on. I enjoy seeing you and Emi its special don't take it for granted enjoy and respect. Thanks again.
Thank you once again for taking us along with you. It's so wonderful to be able to see these beautiful places that I will unfortunately probably never see with my own eyes in person. I love what you do! Please don't stop anytime soon. Safe travels my friend
Good morning Emi & Dustin and to all the followers! Absolutely beautiful scenery, well this episode has started our morning coffee ritual! Thank you for this amazing journey , stay safe and we are looking forward to Wednesday’s episode! 👍🇨🇦
Another lovely adventure with sweet Emi. So fun to watch you two fish and pull up the crab pot.
Never stop sharing it all with us!
As always, the best content on youtube. I appreciate you taking me along. Safe travels.
🍻 😊 thank you
Love the underwater shot of the salmon. It looks spawned out and in deteroration. Good for him! Job well done!
Thank ya Sir D! May the winds of Adventure carry y'all safely!
Best way to wake up on Saturday with a new video from you 2 thank you
For me, it's the best way to end my Saturday. I'm 15 hours ahead of you guys back in the Pacific part of Canada.
Dustin and Emi are a great way to end my day. The dining on crab was making me hungry.
Please keep the great videos coming friend. From Scotland 😊
Another therapeutic video to watch. Beautiful views. Cheers guys. Keep them coming 👌
beautiful episode, nice to see you make the best of cloudy weather, impresive nature.
Looks like you 2 are having fun and Capt. Emi is really getting the hang of things! Another beautiful adventure with some expert fishing to go along with it always makes the start of the weekend so much better. Can't thank you enough for what you do and what you give us Dustin, you truly are gifted and the edition of Emi into this summers trip has added so much more. Keep up the great work and stay safe!
You two make me smile-thanks for another wonderful start to the day!
Your videography is amazing. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you 😊
Thank you Dustin, Emi for a another great adventure.
Thanks for taking us back to Haines with you two - it’s been two months since we left there.
I'm just recalling why I stayed when I first stumbled across one of your early videos. Aside from just covering some of the areas of my childhood, starting life in Yukon and camping all around thanks to my adventurous parents... Thanks so much for never over explaining, or making wildly dumb guesses at some harder to identify finds. There's so many adventure UA-camrs out there whose minds kind of never grasped things outside their more insulated, urban upbringing. You grew up rural, saw the world, stayed down to earth. You take viewers from the city locations, show things outside their own experience. For this old country hippy chick, it's like revisiting some of my own earlier camping trips with small groups of friends, or a special someone. Thanks for such well produced, content that makes it all seem laid back and easy (knowing how much work it actually is to get out there).
Ahh the views are just magnificent even breath taking . So thankful that you share this with the rest of the world. I can't imagine how you and Emmy must feel exploring and seeing these wonderful sights in person. Be safe and we will be waiting for more great footage.
Happy weekend everyone 😊👍
Good morning Emi and Dustin, thank you both for sharing your adventures, such a beautiful place 😊
EMI ..Dustin it was the highlight of my Trip to Haines and meet you, I was sooo happy I thought I was never going to meet you and there you guys were in my favorite place on Earth...happy Travels .
I am glad I found your channel! Even more that you have 10 years of videos to be able to watch. I am now living vicariously through your travels from the desert of Arizona. Having an adventure/travel buddy makes life so much better sharing it with someone you love. I hope one day to be able to travel north of the border and be able to enjoy some of that beautiful scenery! Safe travels and can wait for the next adventure!
Been watching your videos in no random order and it’s such a sanctuary for my soul. Watching when I’m on the treadmill lol but I get lost in the scenery and so. I’m inclined to keep walking and getting healthier .. thanks for taking this ol’ nurse & Grandma to places I’ll never get to !! Also the humor is right on honey ❤
This brings me so much joy to read. Very happy to be part of your healthy path. 😊
Even , on a cloudy day, it's a beautiful adventure .
Beautiful! Your yatch is big compared to a tube! The cruiseships look big compared to your yatch! But once they are out in the ocean, their size look about the size of your yatch. 😅 you're doing great, kid! Thanks.
What a stellar spot!!!
Thanks for bringing us along.
Me Getting Ready For An Adventure: makes sammich, puts in cooler.
Dustin: Throws over crab pots and fishes. We are not the same; your way is better! 😊
Thanks for another great adventure man it's beautiful out there.
Thanks for putting all the work in this channel. Good job Dustin
While your amazing videos have for awhile provided peace, tranquility and idk what else to say. This week my home burned down, this is a bit if peace and happiness. Thank you, never stop.
I’m very sorry to hear about your home.
Just amazing... The colors, wow... Alaska is just amazing❤
Dustin and Emi, Thanks a million for sharing your adventures. I absolutely love your photography, skilled narration and your wonderful personalities. Thank you prov9d9ng us with your fabulous adventures. ❤❤
Yeah, BC Salmon and our Dungeons crab is always great to have! Thankyou Dustin and Emi for sharing your journey's!
Good start to a Saturday
Beautiful footage as always. It's really fun to watch you and Emi enjoy the trip. Thanks for sharing with us!
Thanks! I can’t thank you enough for brightening my Saturday, and through your Channel i Can replay these amazing videos again 😊
! I have a plaque in my living room that says “live the life you’ve imagined” , and we can all aspire to. I’m pleased to see you both do!
Thank you so much for the support. 😊
Thank you for another great adventure. I always look forward to Saturday morning when I can drink my coffee and go see another place I would normally never get to enjoy. Keep up the great work. Excellent job on the color grading, you nailed it!!
☕️ 😊
@@Destination_Adventure see you next Saturday 👍🏻😊,you have the best channel on UA-cam. Keep the adventure going, it means a lot to the viewers that check in on a regular basis.
Dustin & Emi, thank you, once again you've made my week! Constantly blown away by your adventures and amazing talent for documenting the beauty still to be found in this world. Take care, stay safe. Your #1 fan in Brisbane Aus. 😊
You make me really miss home in some of these videos!….. nothing like life on the coast
Another great week of content from Destination Adventure! Mahalo nui for all the work that you and Emi put into the channel every week. Wishing you both a great week!
Every Sunday morning I awake with excitement.. Its Destination Adventure morning !
Thank you so much Dustin...loved seeing more of Haines! Amazing as usual!
Thanks Dustin and Emi!
They just keep getting better. Thanks for sharing Dustin!
Thanks for posting another great adventure ride along for us. I look forward to setting down & watching them. Safe travels
Great video! It's so nice to see you
two having such a wonderful adven-
true! Cheers,Sandy&Andy😊
Man.. I hope I get up there before I’m no longer able to. Thanks Dustin and Emi, another location added to the Bucket List. Safe Travels 🙏
Great vid as always Dustin.
I am in the U. P. Of Michigan right now and we are finding our own off the travelled path adventures and experiences. Lots of old forgotten mines and forestry operations.
excellent edition again. great to see you guys having fun. yours is my favourite channel to watch. look forward to it every week. thanks
Wow. My favorite way to start my day.. Beautiful. ❤
Hey Dustin,live in AZ go to Haines for a couple of months in the summer.Super neat town.
Thanks for sharing your amazing travels, love the content you share, stevo from Australia 🇦🇺.
The usual excellent cinematography and story telling much enhanced by the expanded cast this season!
I spent a summer season in Skagway 30 years ago. Absolutely stunning environment. Lot of time at Dyea area too. Love your videos.
Expedition ship creeper...love it.
Thanks you two, this was a beautiful place to see!!! I love the color of that water and would kill for some fresh crabs!!! Keep enjoying each other because you make great videos together!!!
Once again I'm floored and awed at the beauty of our country. You capture it so well Dustin! From the ocean swells to the gorgeous blue of the lakes. From blueberries to waterfalls! The moody clouds and mist give me Emily Carr visions. I picture her painting in Haida Gwaii (I know u r not there)😂 but she's my favourite Canadian painter.
Thanks for once again sharing the REAL world.❤
Hello Justin had the pleasure off seeing you and your misus on the road near Abbotsford.friday I was the lad in the red tocoma and military trailer.was buzzing to see you .just wish my misus could have seen you too.im origally from uk.sheffield and am really inspired by your channel.keep up the great videos.❤
cinematography is superb, thanks for another amazing adventure, always watching Dustin and Emi
Thank you very much. 😊
those drone shots are 🔥👍🏼
Saving for Sunday 😊✌️
Your self control is admirable. I tear into each episode like it’s gift wrapped! 😂
Yes its the best way to start my day
Once again an exceptional video.
Thanks you guys for another great video! Keep 'em coming, stay safe.
God Bless you both.
Beautiful footage as always, Mr. Porter!
Had a couple of great crab feeds hosted by our rv campground owners - loved Haines and the road trip in was amazing.
Always enjoy watching your adventures!!!
Another excellent video
Thanks
Thanks for another great video Dustin and Emi !
Another fun trip- enjoy your sense of humor and the scenery - especially at min 12:30 - what a beautiful little waterfall. Wish you had not panned by it so fast. Had to go back to it and press "pause" to really enjoy it. But the waterfalls pouring into Chilcoot Lake were really something - thanks!!
Thank you Dustin and Emi. A super great hello from San Diego mountain area. You make the greatest videos. And they really keep a person’s attention I truly wish i could get to the north west someday.
Stay safe and god bless ya both -- Larry
Great drone shots.
Looks like a great time for both of you.
Wonderful getting late seasons extras like this.
The spikes on the barge looked hand forged. Real testament to the strength and skill of craftsmen in days gone by.
Bears were probably full and sleeping.
The Ponant Le Champlain was here in Midland Harbour Georgian Bay September 28th. We usually see the Pearl Mist and this was the first time for a Ponant ship here too.
Love seeing Y'all happy 😊
Good morning! Great video as usual ❤
Thanks for the beautiful videos
Love it I miss Ak so much move in 2018 now we wanna move back!!!! Thanks for your videos bc and the Yukon are gorgeous as well drove through that area twice
Fantastic, once again.
Thanks for my Saturday treat!😊
Absolutely awesome dustin! So happy to see you enjoying life the way you do:) I look forward to what the future has in store for you, and Emi:)!
I visited Haines in the fall of 94 because my season of being a Volunteer Campground Host in Alaska and when I went in 1977 there was no road. See the overcast weather and most of the tourists being gone reminded me of my week there. I would have stayed longer but the campgrounds were closing for the season.
I enjoy the music that you use in your videos but the close of this video really hit a nerve. Supposed To by Ben Bostick pretty much sums up my life. I had to download it for my own. Thanks.
Oe thing you two .,AMAZING ! So these dollies are taking sockeye stock ? Along with the chopping block and the red river ,between Hyder and Stuart ? Wow what we learn ladder since 1959 my birthday year.😎✌️♥️💕💕
Another beautiful adventure . Glad to see you got dome crab .
Thanks Dustin and Emi.
Destination Adventure strikes again, I think Montana is beautiful here in my neck of the woods.. Beautiful country, fresh rivers and fresh salmon Dustin you may have me beat…
Modern day Daniel Boon, love your lifestyle and hardy nature happy your out on the trail for the rest of us.. Hope the dust trails treating you well while winter moves in on us..
Thanks for the uplifting morning this backcountry adventure gave me today👋👋
It's been an awesome summer you both have brought 😃 🐻 🫎 🍁 🌲
Ah Sunday morning,D.A and a cup of Joe,perfect again,thanks guys :-)
❤ An excellent Adventure , you two !
wonderfully entertaining , lots of fun , and the History is unequaled 😊
keep up yer Good Werk 🎉
Just Amazing. I've done a few things on the west coat in BC I miss the views like that just worth it. Thank you for showing us Haines and I look forward to more the next time you hit up that destination for Adventure. Cheers see you next week.
Hi guy's 👋
I really enjoy your videos.
Thank you both.
Hope you 2 get merriad soon.
You make ah great couple.