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Volume 1, Issue 1 is out!


Wild Coast Publishing purchases Wavelength Magazine

April 12, 2008 - Wild Coast Publishing has signed an agreement with Pacific Edge Publishing owners Ron and Diana Mumford to take over publishing the kayaking resource Wavelength Magazine effective July 1, 2008. This means Wild Coast Publishing owner and kayaking guidebook author John Kimantas will be editor of Wavelength beginning the fall 2008 issue. Wavelength is circulated free from British Columbia to California to Toronto and all points between, and is regarded as the top kayaking and paddling resource on the Pacific coast. It's a perfect fit for Wild Coast Publishing, and particularly owner John Kimantas, who has an extensive kayaking background and has recently entered the magazine publishing world with Wild Coast Magazine. Visit Wavelength here.

Wild Coast Magazine suspended

Feb. 16, 2009 - Wild Coast Magazine was launched in spring 2008 as the only outdoor recreation magazine for Vancouver Island and the BC coast. Because of the acquisition of Wavelength Magazine, and faced with the demands running this established publication and starting a new magazine in a harsh economic climate, Wild Coast Magazine will discontinue publication for the foreseeable future. The management would like to thank the readers who supported the magazine, as well as the advertisers who saw its potential. In the meantime, Wild Coast Publishing will continue to focus its efforts on improving Wavelength Magazine as well as its new recreation map series.


We support the North Coast Trail

Here's what you need to know to hike it:


Get info the decade struggle to bring this trail about, plus the inaugural hike.


Find the campsites and features in this detailed spread that includes satellite imagery and a point-by-point guide.


Don't just hike it. Follow the route from Port Hardy to the northernmost point on Vancouver Island.


Which is better: the North Coast Trail or West Coast Trail? Here's our judgment.


The North Coast has a habit of going wrong for those who chose to live here.


We've got more trail information, more photos and more waypoints from our five-day hike May 15-20.

 


Order your North Coast Trail map

This richly-detailed, colourful 22x36" map features detailed trail data compiled by the trail builders, Strategic Forest Management, plus a North Vancouver Island recreation map and resource. Partial proceeds go to the North Vancouver Island Trail Society for trail maintenance and improvements. $8 + shipping and taxes.

(This will reroute you to our Wavelength Magazine affiliate.)


Discover the full library of Wild Coast resources

Definitely the bible of the BC coast, the Wild Coast series of kayaking and coastal recreation guides has become the standard for exploring the most remote nooks and crannies of the BC coast. The resource covers from the Race Rocks south of Victoria to the Alaskan border, and all waterways between.

Coastal explorers will also appreciate the BC coastal recreation atlas series, a pair of stunningly illustrated and simple-to-use atlases that has all the information for kayakers not included on charts - launch locations, campsites, picnic stops and much, much more. They are perfect for trip planning and use on the water.