Echo Bay (Pierre's)

Echo Bay (Pierre’s) 8/2/2019


Echo Bay is truly a gem in the Broughtons. The scenery is stunning and the resort is a delightful, well cared for floating community.

It was a glorious afternoon when Alan’s sister, Gil arrived by float plane. She will spend the next 5 days with us.

After dinner, Alan set up his gas firepit on the dock, where we met and were joined by many like-minded, social boaters.

A late morning hike on the rugged trail to Billy Proctor’s museum was the order of the morning. The trail was muddy in places and the tree roots were slippery.

 Like every other of his many visitors, we rose to the challenge.

The legendary Billy Proctor has logged, trapped and fished on this coast his whole life. Over his lifetime he has collected a treasure of worldly artifacts including Chinese opium bottles, Japanese beer bottles, arrowheads, old tools, engine parts, blacksmith tools, a crank telephone, a 1910 mimeograph machine from a local island along with thousands of local artifacts from this coast.

Recently he single-handed built a 1900’s replica of a logging cabin from a floating cedar log that he found. He cut, milled and constructed the building from that single log.

No small feat for a man of his years. Over the years, he has written several books including “Full Moon, High Tides”, a story about the local area.

He told us that he has been visited by visitors from almost every country. Pit Cairn was one place that he named as not yet having any visitors.

When I asked if I could take his picture for my blog, he was less than enthusiastic, telling us that his picture is all over the internet, but he did co-operate. An interesting "old timer" indeed.


Saturday evening at Echo Bay is famous for Pierre’s pig roast. Each boat brings a substantial side dish to accompany the pig.

It is BYOB and a great experience with an excess of 100 guests in attendance. The pig was delicious, and everyone left with a full belly.

Next morning, once the fog burned off, we departed Echo Bay, bound for Nimmo Bay.  The weather was perfect, sunny and warm for our scenic cruise.