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By Vancouver Island standards, Sayward is a relatively old community. It was first established in the 1890s at the mouth of the Salmon River and was called Port Kusum. Settlers began arriving by boat and pushing inland, spreading into the lush valley. Elk, bear, and other wildlife were plentiful, and the rivers teemed with steelhead and trout. That hasn’t changed much to this day, as hunting and fly fishing are still extremely popular.

‘Sayward Naturally’ welcomes visitors looking for a spot to pull off the highway of life for a few hours or a few days and catch a breath of clean, fresh air. Down-home cooking is served up in friendly cafés. Inviting waterfront campgrounds and cabins await water. Whale watching and wildlife tours are exciting and salmon fishing on the salt water, or fly fishing in the rivers is relaxation, just waiting to happen.

Nearby Mt. Cain offers skiing and snowboarding in the winter months. This is nature and the North Island at its best. Nearby Kelsey Bay harbour is the only public Small Craft Harbour located between Campbell River & Port McNeill on Johnstone Strait. It has been recently overhauled and rebuilt with a new loading ramp, derrick, and wave-reduction system. There’s plenty of dock space and boat launches nearby, with marine gas and provisions available for visiting boaters. Daily charters take visitors whale watching into nearby Robson Bight, the only sanctuary in the world created to protect and preserve the killer whales (Orcas) that flock to the region in ‘pods’ of 20 or more. There are other charters for wildlife, site-seeing tours, or to take anglers out fishing for salmon which are so plentiful, some people just cast from the dock or shore! In Sayward, nature truly is ‘right out side the door.’

For more information please visit the links on this site or visit www.portofkelseybay.com