Unspoilt nature and fjords at Canada's Sunshine Coast

The fjords north of Canada’s Sunshine Coast are known as Desolation Sound, and offer large chunks of solitude for those who like to get away from it all. Photo: Andrew Strain/Sunshine Coast Tourism/dpa

By Bernhard Krieger

The 18th-century explorer George Vancouver hated the fjords north of Canada’s Sunshine Coast. There was hardly any wind to sail and the water was too deep to anchor. Frustrated, the naval officer wrote in his logbook that he had seen “not a single prospect that was pleasing to the eye.”