The PacificYachting Cruising Guide toBCVol. II states: “Many experienced Yachtsmen regard the Desolation Sound area as not only the most beautiful and aried cruising area in BC, but equal to, if not better than, other areas in the rest of the world. This is not an idle boast.With its variety of spectacular scenery, warm summer climate and unusually warm waters (up to 26°C), abundance of shelter and anchorages, this area is a microcosm of all that is best about salt water cruising in British Columbia. The almost complete absence of development or settlement results in a high degree of isolation or “wilderness” feeling. This quality, which disturbed Captain Vancouver so much and led to his naming the area “Desolation”, is a quality that many people today wish to experience. Civilization has not yet permanently branded the landscape in this part of the world... In order to preserve this quality, the government ofBCestablished Desolation Sound Marine Park in 1973. The park comprises over 14,000 acres of upland and 6,350 acres of foreshore and water, making it the largest marine park in BC and virtually the only major park of any kind on the Pacific Mainland Coast of Canada....