VICTORIA, British Columbia - A blue haze crowns the Olympic Mountains as the Victoria Clipper plies Puget Sound, heading from Seattle to Victoria, on the southeastern tip of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada.

It's a three-hour trip that is as memorable as its destination. Along the way you might see the pod of an orca whale, or a bald eagle swooping down to catch a fish, or a sail arcing in the breeze. You'll pass islands, forts and lighthouses that were settled in the early 1800s.