Explore the Discovery Islands this summer with a choice of day cruises offered by the Cortes Island Museum.

Historian Jeanette Taylor and skipper/ naturalist Mike Moore will share a wealth of lively stories from the past and present on a choice of two trips. You can circumnavigate Read Island on July 21 or nose into the many islands and bays of Desolation Sound on August 25.

For more info on these tours call 250-935-6340 or cimasisland.net. Both trips cost $100 and depart from Cortes Bay and return in time for the 5:50 pm ferry to Quadra. Bring your own lunch, binoculars and water shoes or gumboots for shore excursions.