The Broken Islands

The Broken Islands – 

By Douglas H. Brunt

Metta Publications


The essential guide to Canada's favorite ocean paddling destination. The Broken Islands sit like glittering gems at the entrance to Barkley Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island.

Every season more than 25,000 paddlers come from all over the globe to explore these jewels at the very edge of the western world.


What's inside The Broken Islands Guidebook 


~72-page multi-touch guidebook

~90 full-color photos

~Route charts and maps 

~Cultural history

~Natural history

~Field guide 

~Paddling guide

~Resources


During a paddling career spanning 50 years Douglas Brunt has travelled thousands miles in open canoes and kayaks, armed with notebooks, still cameras, and video and sound recording equipment.

Brunt has written, edited, and published several paddling books and documentary videos. He has had a 45-year career in media as a writer, editor, and publisher of a variety of periodicals ranging from a national scuba diving magazine to an international Zen Buddhist journal. Brunt is also a musician, composer and an award-winning playwright.