1900 Mackenzie Hwy. 250.982.2298
the Atnarko River! See hundreds to thousands of pink and spring salmon in crystal
clear warm waters of this beautiful coastal river.
We provide transportation, snacks, wetsuits, mask,fins and snorkels and a
guaranteed good time on a unique holiday adventure!
of bald eagles and black bears to feed on spawning salmon throughout the Bella
Coola Valley. Our guided trips in river drift boats and rafts provide unique
opportunities to see these animals from the river while they feed and fish for
salmon on the rivers edge. Grizzly bear watching extraordinair!!!
operates from Brockton Inn
in the Bella Coola Valley,
providing luxury
accommodations for adventure
travelers visiting the remote
central coast.
Contact us at:
Box 160, 1900 Mackenzie Hwy.
Hagensborg BC, V0T 1H0
250.982.2298
info@kynochadventures.com
info@brocktonplace.com
overview of coastal ecology. Suited to all with an interest in ecology and BC's
coastal biodiversity, theme topics can range from wildlife & bird watching , plant
identification & photography to salmon & forest ecology overviews.
You pick the subject, we pick the route and provide the information!!!
challenging routes throughout Bella Coola and the West Chilcotin. Trails
throughout Bella Coola Valley combine old growth coastal scenery with stunning
mountain views, scenic river and ocean backdrops and cascading coastal
waterfalls. Trips can be arranged fro half day to multi-day hiking/camplng
excursions, including Tweedsmuir Park's Rainbow Mountains & Hunlen Falls.
Trips can be arranged for all fitness levels and family groups are welcome!!!
tours allow guests to see the river from a different perspective. Home to dozens
of bird and animal species, eagles, waterfowl, songbirds and heron are
common visitors to our beautiful river mouth. A trip across the inlet to Bella
Coola's 'Old Town' lets visitors imagine the turn of the century lifestyle when
fishing was the dominant industry.
Kynoch & the Environment
specialize in holiday packages offering multisport ( multi-sport) and soft adventure trips, and family excursions.
online at:
info@brocktonplace.com
or
info@kynochadventures.com
or call
250.982.2298
specialize in holiday packages offering multisport ( multi-sport) and soft adventure trips, and family excursions.
participation in outdoor adventure travel with professional careers in fisheries and
environmental biology. Kynoch West Coast Adventures was formed to fill a niche long ago
identified by the founders to help develop backcountry and coastal pursuits throughout BC's
Central Coast, bringing the adventure of untamed wilderness within the grasp of those willing
to venture into it!!!
operating Kynoch Adventures Holly & Fraser spent countless hours as biologists
surveying the Central Coast as part of fisheries, marine environment and forestry
projects. Numerous days spent in the field on boats, in helicopters & planes and on the
ground in soggy wet tents left lasting impressions on them both and they knew they
had to share their experiences with others.
From Princess Royal Island to Cape Caution their job allowed them to see remote coastal
inlets and bays, high alpine areas and isolated river reaches and lakes, where few if any
persons had gone before in recent history. Together their passion for the region, its
natural history and the people that live there in their own unique styles, drew them
permanently back to the Bella Coola Valley, where they operate the Brockton House Inn
and Kynoch Adventures.
Kynoch West Coast Adventures took on the name from Kynoch Inlet in Fiordland
Recreation Area Where Holly & Fraser first worked together in the region and where
many true adventures unfolded.
to Bella Coola!!! Holly's background in SCUBA Diving and marine boating lends itself nicely to the Central
Coast. A PADI SCUBA instructor and Coast Guard trained coxswain Holly will get you there, get you wet
and get you back... Holly has long instructed diving, has led technical courses in GPS mapping in coastal
areas and received Coast Guard rescue and boating training off the West Coast of Vancouver Island at
the Coast Guard's grueling RHIOT school. An occupational SCUBA diver Holly has worked on fisheries and
dive assessments throughout BC and has traveled, dived and kayaked abroad.
As a fisheries & environmental technician Holly does wildlife and nature interpretation with guests as well
as salmon snorkeling and boating activities in the river and inlets, including wonderful trips to coastal hot
springs. Her marine habitat interpretation and marine animal identification skills are testimony to her
thousands of logged commercial and recreational dives throughout BC.
Holly's parents John & Gail were pioneers in BC Parks, where John was a Back Country Ranger for over
25 years and was later fundamental in establishing numerous Provincial Parks in BC. Needles to say Holly
spent a lot of her time as a child in the backcountry fishing and hiking with the folks...
before completing the Canadian Outdoor Leadership Training (C.O.L.T) programme at Strathcona Park
Lodge, where he later led trips and instructed outdoor pursuits. Between climbing and traveling his
teens and twenties away, mixed with a two and half year bicycle trip through Central and South
America Fraser developed backcountry skills that would prove useful in his later career as a fisheries
biologist. Outdoor training has included Canoe Instructor certification, Wilderness First Aid, search and
rescue, land based leadership, and swift water rescue.
Various training coupled with a passion for adventure has allowed Fraser to participate in numerous
expeditions, ranging from trekking in the Andes, mountaineering in BC and Alaska and overland
backcountry cycling in Australia, New Zealand and the Americas, including a rare bicycle crossing of the
near impenetrable jungles of the Darien Gap between Panama and Colombia.
Fraser's parents Les & Betty built Bockton House Inn in 1996 on the original site of their family home.
Les had a long established fishing and charter operation in Bella Coola, providing river drift fishing in Bella
Coola and fly-in remote fishing in Kimsquit River. Les is still actively guiding wildlife viewing and scenic
river trips throughout the Bella Coola Valley.
