Today it was still raining without stopping now for the third day. Since there is not too much you can do in Prince Rupert in rain I slept in a bit longer before preparing for my afternoon seaplane flight to Queen Charlotte's Island (QCI). But when I went to the seaport they told me the flight was canceled due to bad weather at the destination. I quickly browsed through my options in my head as I had to be on the island tomorrow noon to join my 3-day tour I booked. They had a flight tomorrow morning 8am so I would be able to still make it from Masset to Queen Charlotte City (QCC) for noon with a cab. Their was no flight to QCC so I could only fly to Masset which is at the northern tip of the island, QCC being 100km south from it. I ordered a cab to Masset seaport for tomorrow to be sure.
Since I had the rest of the day in Prince Rupert and it was still raining I went to the Museum of Northern B.C. where I got a taste of the Haida art and culture which I will see more of on QCI. The Haida are an indigenous nation of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. I really liked the Haida carvings on black argillite, a rare sedimentary rock that occurs only on QCI. In the gift shop I was looking at a 10cm long canoe carving until I saw the price tag with four digits on it.
I booked the same guestroom for tonight and then headed to Cow Bay to have a local seafood dinner plate in a port restaurant that has stood there since 1934.
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