Unsettled weather in Nootka Sound Hesquiat Peninsula. The last hurdle before reaching Tofino. We sailed around it the next morning after stopping in Friendly Cove at the entrance to Nootka Sound. 
It rained on and off here.
The Nootka Sound lighthouse is manned year-round by a very friend couple. We anchored in the bay that night, and went ashore the next morning to explore the lighthouse and the old church. It was a bit of a rocky night, since the bay was opened to the south, and some swells were entering the bay. 
Locals heading off to retrieve their crab traps. 
Stirfry dinner aboard Salus.
Visiting the Nootka Sound lighthouse
Native carvings inside the old Catholic church
Stained glass windows donated by the Spanish government in commemoration of the meeting between Captain Bodega-Quadra and Captain Vancouver, Aug 27 1792.
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| Fishing vessel off Estevan Point. A common sight on the coast. |