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Sea Asparagus
This salty delicacy will be found wherever sea kayakers lurk. Carpeting the water's edge on mud flats, sheltered coves and estuaries, sea asparagus prefers limited exposure to wave action. Sea asparagus has more aliases than its segmented stems have branches, being known variously as glasswort, pickleweed, samphire and pigeon foot. In the camp kitchen sea asparagus is versatile. Stems can be munched upon as is, used to perk up salads, presented like asparagus or even collected for pickling or freezing. A British Columbia company has developed a market for sea asparagus, shipping the frozen product to upscale restaurants worldwide. Soak sea asparagus in freshwater for several hours before preparing to reduce its salinity.
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Backpacking
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These treks take over where the day hikes leave off. The Backpacking section of BC Car-Free details 9 major multi-day excursions with a number of variations. Included are three important coastal hikes along Vancouver Island's Pacific Rim and, for the first time in print anywhere, the entire Sunshine Coast Trail: all 175 km of it!
1 Backpacking Checklist Brian Grover 2356
2 Garibaldi Park: Access Brian Grover 1536
3 Garibaldi Park: Garibaldi Lake Brian Grover 2240
4 Garibaldi Park: Black Tusk Brian Grover 1403
5 Garibaldi Park: Panorama Ridge Brian Grover 1389
6 Garibaldi Park: Singing Pass Loop Brian Grover 2031
7 Henrietta Lake Brian Grover 2121
8 Sunshine Coast Trail Brian Grover 1954
9 Sunshine Coast Trail Stage 1: Sarah Point to Malaspina Road Brian Grover 1446
10 Sunshine Coast Trail Stage 2: Malaspina Road to Powell Lake Brian Grover 1262
11 Sunshine Coast Trail Stage 3: Powell Lake to Fiddlehead Farm Brian Grover 1393
12 Sunshine Coast Trail-Stage 4: Fiddlehead Farm to Lois River Brian Grover 1114
13 Sunshine Coast Trail-Stage 5: Lois Dam to Saltery Bay Brian Grover 1199
14 Stein River Valley Brian Grover 1405
15 Stein River Valley-Stein Lower Canyon to Mid-Valley Brian Grover 1468
16 Nicomen Lake Brian Grover 1600
17 Juan De Fuca Marine Trail Brian Grover 2636
18 The West Coast Trail- Introduction Brian Grover 2582
19 The West Coast Trail- Day One Brian Grover 1447
20 The West Coast Trail-Day Two Brian Grover 1356
21 The West Coast Trail-Day Three Brian Grover 1377
22 The West Coast Trail-Day Four Brian Grover 1264
23 The West Coast Trail-Day Five Brian Grover 1545
24 The West Coast Trail- Day Six Brian Grover 1322
25 The Mid-Coast Trail Brian Grover 4478
26 Stein Valley Mini-Traverse Brian Grover 1451
 

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