CHESTERMAN BEACH, TOFINO. PHOTO: SANDER JAIN


and unspoiled beaches. Intimate and eru- dite, Arcata offers kayakers everything from mellow jaunts on the Humboldt Lagoons to wild surf at Moonstone Beach to open coast touring around Trinidad Head.


Dream Job: Kokatat R&D team


KILLARNEY, ONTARIO If you live to paddle, Killarney has every- thing you need. There’s just one general store, few year-round employers and no roads out of town aside from the lonely blacktop of Highway 637, but every resident is just steps from Georgian Bay. Ex- plore the flooded white quartzite mountains of Killarney Provincial Park, the pink gran- ite whalebacks of the French River delta and dozens of idyllic archipelagos in between.


Dream Jobs: Seasonal park ranger, Killarney Outfitters boat schlepper


MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN


With a progressive, outdoor-oriented vibe, “Marquette is the white collar on the well- worn workshirt that is Michigan’s Upper Peninsula,” says local photographer, Aaron Peterson. “It’s a center of culture and services in a region known for logging, mining and lightly populated hinterlands along the south shore of Lake Superior.” With a largely undeveloped shoreline, paddlers will find rock gardens, surf spots, sandstone caves and sandy beaches all within city limits. The 200-foot cliffs of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore are just 40 minutes to the east.


Dream Jobs: On campus at Northern Michigan U, four bike shops employ sprocket jockeys


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