Terms of use and privacy

A personal account

The places, articles, photos and passages on this site describe our personal experiences, as of the stated date when available. We do our best to share useful information, but it may be incomplete, mistaken or have changed since our visit. We do not guarantee the accuracy or currency of details such as coordinates, access, services, depths or sailing conditions.

This website does not replace current nautical charts, notices to mariners, official sources or checking conditions on site. Each visitor is responsible for their own travel and navigation decisions. Please report any error to eolo@qano.ca.

Unless otherwise stated, the original writing and photographs published here are ours. You may share links to our pages; please ask our permission before reproducing or reusing their content.

Your information

You can browse public content without an account. You can create a Reader account with your first name, email address and password; your email must be verified before you sign in. A Reader account does not grant access to Friends or Family content. If you sign in, we use your account to determine what you may see and display your profile name. Account details and communication preferences are managed in our database.

When you like an article, place or photo, we save that choice to your profile and show the total number of likes on the site. The crew can view likes by person in the cloud app. You can remove a favourite at any time.

A Friend access request includes your name, email and a message explaining how you know us. The crew reviews it; no extra access is granted automatically. The contact form collects your name, email address and message, along with the page from which you sent it. Sending a message or creating an account does not subscribe you to updates: that choice is separate and optional.

Cookies and external services

We use Google Analytics 4 to measure website traffic, page views, referral sources and visitors’ approximate geographic origin. This service uses cookies, including “_ga” and “_ga_…”, and processes technical browsing data. It loads automatically, without a consent prompt on this website. We do not send account names, email addresses, passwords or account identifiers to Analytics. Search parameters and email verification tokens are excluded from the page views we send. Google Signals and advertising personalization are disabled in our integration. Read how Google uses data from partner sites. You can block cookies in your browser or use the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

Signing in creates the “eolo_visitor” session cookie to recognize your access, for no more than seven days. It cannot be read by JavaScript and is sent only over HTTPS in production. Signing out removes it.

The contact and registration forms are protected by Google reCAPTCHA. Google says this service sets the necessary “_GRECAPTCHA” cookie when it runs, and its domain may set other cookies. The map loads tiles from OpenStreetMap. These services may receive technical data related to your visit, such as your IP address. Read Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service, and the OpenStreetMap privacy policy.

Contact and account verification emails are delivered through SendGrid, a Twilio service. Read Twilio’s privacy policy.

Contact us

For questions about the site, corrections, or requests to access, correct or delete your personal information, email us at eolo@qano.ca.