From a base camp on Hanson Island, you may be able to visit the Orcalab Whale Research Station and hike in to see "Grandmother Cedar" a 41 ft Cedar tree as well as cedar trees that have been culturally modified by the harvesting of the bark for clothing and baskets.

Several chiefs were arrested here and then imprisoned for holding a Potlatch Celebration as the Anti-Potlatch law was enforced to make an example to those who would defy it. Cultural tours are available with advance notice. Watch for Aboriginal Pictographs on the rock walls that mark burial sites.

You can paddle into the archipelago of islands and channels towards Village Island, the site of Mamalillaculla, an abandoned village site. You can see the remains of one of the world's most controversial big houses.