Hobiton Pacific Rim National Park Reserve

Entrance Anchorage Squalicum

Sachsa 60 The story behind the trail: Lake LEGEND TSUNAMI HAZARD ZONE Lake 570 30 14 60 highway The Huu-ay-aht, Ditidaht and Pacheedaht However, after the wreck 420 The West Coast Trail (WCT) is one of three units Sachawil 30 Self Pt 210 120

all-weather road The Valencia 30

30 Lake Pachena of Pacific Rim National Park Reserve (PRNPR),

Helby Is Aguilar Pt Port Désiré have always lived along 's west coast. of the Valencia in 1906,

West Coast Trail forest route Tsusiat Hobiton administered by Parks Canada. PRNPR protects and 24km distance in km from Pachena Access IN CASE OF EARTHQUAKE, GO These nations used trails and paddling routes for trade with the loss of 133 lives, Calamity TO HIGH GROUND OR INLAND 300 presents the coastal temperate rainforest, near shore West Coast Trail - beach route and travel long before foreign sailing ships reached this the public demanded

Mackenzie Lake Creek waters and cultural heritage of Vancouver Island’s

West Coast Bamfield River Anchorage region over 200 the government do River Channel west coast as part of Canada’s national park system. IR 12 Indian Reserve outhouse years ago. Over the more to help mariners Inlet 120 access century following along this coastline. WEST COAST TRAIL POLICY AND PROCEDURES Trail Map TSL Treaty Settlement Lands Dianna Brady beach access contact sailors In response the 90

30 The WCT is open from May 1 to September 30. Island Beach 30 swampy area brought the government built Bamfield to Port Renfrew, parking The trail is closed October 1 to April 30 due to frequent Burlo Peninsula buildings beginning of a Pachena Lighthouse, Vancouver Island 90 and prolonged periods of heavy rain, strstrongong winds, high Hamilton Is cable car Point extensive mud changing world to established lifesaving tides, large waves and short days. The park superintendent flats at low tide 60 sand, foreshore flats passable at impassable headland the First Nations. stations and improved 150 Little may close the WCT at any time to addraddressess public safety, tides 6ft/1.8m rocky ledge, rocky reef Mills Squalicum Voss Pt Burts Is WCT Information Trade increased, and the telegraph route to become a life saving trail for environmental or operational concerns. 150 shipwreck, general location only difficult surge channel 90 Lake Trevor Centre - register on Peak season is July and August – to avoid crowds schedule Haines and off the trail here. many sailing ships met a tragic fate navigating in these shipwreck victims and their rescuers. With improvements 120 campsite - all campsites are located Is May 01 – Sept 30 viewpoint, point of interest 60 your trip during May, June or September. on the beaches unfamiliar and hazardous waters. Sailors soon referred to technology the frequency of shipwrecks decreased and (Bamfield = 5km) GC Guardian cabin Creek Taylor Is West Coast Trail Information Centre to this coastline as the “Graveyard of the Pacific”. the life saving trail was gradually abandoned. In 1973 the Entrance and exit points: Pachena Bay, Gordon River Creek - register on and off 240 and Nitinat Lake. Entrance or exit at any other point is not Anacla Ditidaht luxury tent trail became part of the newly established Pacific Rim 150 permitted unless an evacuation is required. TSL Pacific Rim National Park Reserve Between 1888 and 1890 the government erected a National Park Reserve. Today, hiking the West Coast Trail 90

Clonard Food locker TsusiatTsusiat Squalicum telegraph line along the coastline. The line was an attempt is about exploring Vancouver Island’s temperate rainforest 240 Ferry crossings are operated throughout the hiking 90 Pachena Access na Bea (HFN) season: Gordon River, Nitinat Narrows and Nitinat Lake Pache ch Pacific Rim National Park Reserve Huu-ay-aht Place Name to establish communications between the west coast and wild coastline, experiencing a fabled land recounted 150 (DFN) 60 passable Marine Zone Ditidaht Place Name 150 (fees apply). 2 km at tides below (PFN) Pacheedaht Place Name villages, the newly established Cape Beale and Carmanah in traditional histories, walking in the steps of shipwreck 90 Whittlestone Pt 8ft/2.4m Black contour interval - 30m IR 1 Maximum group size: 10 hikers. lighthouses, and larger communities in hopes of saving victims, and appreciating the beauty of territories that 90 30 2 km

Tapaltos Pachena Tide heights quoted on the face of the map are approximate and photographs courtesy mariner lives. First Nation people continue to call home. LakeLake Pets and firearms are prohibited on the WCT. Kichha assume calm seas; use tide tables for Tofino, B.C. Add one hour Parks Canada Bay during summer months for Pacific Daylight Saving Time. 2016 edition Tsuquadra All users must obtain a permit prior to accessing 30 Lake the WCT. (fees apply) Lake IR 7 Lawton Pt Lake 2 km 90 60 Bay 180 300 Klanawa 390 OPTIONS FOR OBTAINING A PERMIT 4 km 30 150 300 210 120 NarrowsNitinat Reservations for Gordon River, Pachena Bay or Nitinat "NEREUS" 360 240 3.5 km Michigan Darling 4070-ton Kicha TSL Tsocowis 180 can be made: Greek freighter 60

Be 240 90 eha ac Billy Aug. 1937, out Ke h 270 Online at: reservation.pc.gc.ca 240 Little of Kobe for 30 30

Clutus Tsusiat 150 River

Keeha 210 150 Goat Point Alberni, River Orange Phone: 1-877-737-3783 (Canada and USA)

TSL Trestle Lake no loss 120 60 Bay 4 km 30 IR 2 1-519-826-5391 (International) of life. 6 km

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Creek Creek Black 270 Creek

Cove Clutus Pt 30 km Standby: Hikers without reservations can register on a Mud Juice Tsusiat 150 210 Falls GC Creek standby list at the trailheads. All spaces araree reservable

Cape Beale 150 derelict donkey engine km 22 24 km 28 km 26 km

headlands between Ck 120 derelict grader throughout the season and wait times for standby hikers Cape Beale Lighthouse Pachena Access 90 ladders 7 km and Michigan Creek 60 to main Tsuquadra can be up to several days. 20 km "BRUCE 1", are impassable River trail from Darling 90 trail seiner Feb. 1976, River east to this passable Pt Cove crew of four, two Deadman 120 point passable at at tides below passable at tides below 9ft/2.7m 16 km 3 masted schooner Contacting a commercial operator: obtain a list of crew lost. Malsit 18 km 9ft/2.7m tides below American barque Wooden steamer "ALASKAN" anchor 3 masted "VESTA" 286 tons, extensive mud on rocks barkentine 7ft/2.1 m operators from the national park reserve. flats at low tide "CHARLES B. KINNEY" 150 tons, Jan. 1923 out of TSL 50 December 1897,

"UNCLE JOHN", Pt Tsusiat 6 km 14 km passable at Nov. 1886, with lumber o Victoria loaded with salt no loss of life. 24 Motor 314 tons, tides 6ft/1.8m out of Port Townsend for the salteries in Barkley 12 km GC For essential planning information or to make fishing vessel Oct. 1899, for Australia, no true north Sound, entire crew lost. Barque 60 "VARSITY", 90 tons, Steamship "WOODSIDE" in ballast from a reservation for a school, non-profit group or survivors. Valencia Bluffs "JANET Seabird Rocks February 1940, 4 masted built in Sooke, provided Honolulu for "UZBEKISTAN" COWAN" commercial operator contact: magnetic north magnetic 7 crew, 3 survivors. schooner regular service between Port Townsend 3 masted barque a Russian freighter, 2497 ton "ROBERT Victoria, Port Renfrew, to load lumber, Vancouver Island Regional Setting "SARAH", 1206 tons, April 1943, loaded windjammer, 767 ton wooden schooner 8 km 10 km "MICHIGAN" a wooden Pacific Rim National Park Reserve Parksville Nov. 1891, a British 30 with lend-lease cargo, LEWERS" Barkley Sound and no loss of life. Port "SEQUEL", Jan. 1909, out steamship, Jan. 1893, Jan. 1896, Alberni ship from Manila no loss of life "VALENCIA", 1600 ton, 732 tons, Alberni Canal, March 1888, 2040 Pacific Rim Highway 4 of Callao in ballast, captain's out of Cape 19 Nanaimo no loss of life.Steamer April 1923, no lives lost N in ballast for Puget 253 foot iron steamer, Town in wife and 3 year old daughter sea lion Ucluelet, BC, V0R 3A0 Sound, 2 crew lost. 3 masted ship haul out rock "MASCOTTE" to salvage Jan. 1906, out of San inbound in Tofino ballast for lost, all others survived. "MICHIGAN" destroyed by ballast from "BECHERDASS- Francisco for Victoria Hastings fire Aug. 1893, no loss of life. and Vancouver, out of a Honolulu for Long Beach AMBIADASS" Mill, from Phone: 250-726-3500 Fax: 250-726-3520 1386 tons, July 1879, Remnant boiler still on-shore. total of 160 passengers Bellingham, The West Coast Trail is recommended Ucluelet a contingent no loss of life. Bamfield Duncan in ballast from Shanghai and crew, more than 125 Email: [email protected] Lake of 27, 7 died

for experienced backpackers only. Broken Group Islands to Moodyville to load lives were lost. Cowichan Lighthouse waiting for 1 Sidney Pachena JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT West Coast Trail lumber, no loss of life. Website: www.pc.gc.ca/pacificrim Port rescue. Renfrew

0 1 2 3 kilometres Pachena Pt Pachena 14 Sooke Pacific Juan de Fuca Victoria Please note, park boundaries are approximate. 0 0.5 1 2 miles Parks Canada: Protecting and Presenting Ocean Cape Flattery P A C I FI C O C E A N Strait Canada’s Heritage – For All People – For All Time The West Coast Trail should not be considered by: Doobah Lake Doobah BACKCOUNTRY ETIQUETTE TIPS FOR A SAFE AND ENJOYABLE HIKE Fairy • children under twelve. 600 Lake PROTECTING, PRESENTING AND PRESERVING • Respect other hikers and protect the quality of • Leave a written trip plan with a responsible person 90 60 Browse Creek Oyees their experience. • backpackers with little experience in multi-day (e.g. family or friend). Detail who you are going with, where, 450 300 Nitinat Village L. Vancouver Island’s west coast has provided abundant backpacking trips. and your expected date of return. A WCT Overnight Use Fairy Creek 120 Entrance 300 Sprise • Use outhouses when possible: human wastes outside 540

Permit does not fulfill this role. 300 resources to the Huu-ay-aht, Ditidaht and Pacheedaht • those with little stamina or recurring knee, back or 420 450 Nitinat Lake Nitinat outhouses must be buried in a 20 cm (7 inch) hole a 210 Squalicum Lake Lake 360 ankle injuries. • Use good quality, lightweight equipment and be familiar with 300 First Nations, which supports and sustains their social, minimum of 30 m (100 feet) from waterways and trails. 90 it before your hike. 30 30 IR 9IR 9 Deposit toilet paper in the next outhouse or burn it. Pack out More than 100 hikers are evacuated every season due to 150 cultural and economic livelihood. For these three First • Take your time: 6-7 days is the average duration on the trail. hygiene products. injuries. Prolonged wet periods increase the incidents of Grierson Creek 90 River Nations the West Coast Trail is home, an area they hypothermia and injury. Hypothermia lowers the core body • Hike at the speed of your slowest hiker. 150 90 • Use a stove: minimize fires. Gordon 60 60 have occupied since time temperature and, if not stopped, can lead to death. Symptoms • Do not hike when you are tired, it is late, or dark. River West Coast Trail 30 120 Information Centre — register Juan • Small driftwood fires are permitted below the include slurred speech, lack of coordination, uncontrolled • Hike with a partner: avoid hiking alone. on and off the WCT here. immemorial. These nations high tide-line on beaches: fires are not permitted shivering, loss of consciousness and heart failure. Ensure your • Assume all surfaces are slippery. May 01 – Sept 30 (Port Renfrew = 5km) collaborate with Parks in the forest. party is warm, dry, and well fed. • Maximum two people on a bridge, ladder, or cable car San 600 30 • Camp on the beach at designated campsites: the forest at one time. 450 Gordon River impassable Canada illustrating the Many sprains, fractures, and dislocations happen because of a 150 except by boat – ferry service 300 environment is sensitive to damage. • When crossing creeks, always undo pack hip-belt: wait for 300 available for a fee during Cheewhat slip or trip. Progressive ankle and knee injuries are also common 75 km tidal philosophy of "Hish uk tsa summer season only. IR 2IR 2 14 450 swollen rivers to diminish. 210 Lake • Wash dishes and bathe in the ocean: never contaminate and, over a period of days, may become so sore that hikers 8:45am – 3:30pm 180 wak" meaning "all is one" 300 fresh water sources. cannot carry their pack. Factors that contribute to injuries: • Study the map, tides, waves and weather before choosing inadequate gear or footwear, excessively heavy packs, poor a route. Wiggs Creek 90 along with "Iisaak" meaning • Pack it in: pack it out (orange peels, food packaging, tarp Brig "CYRUS" Murton Creek 240 physical condition, inexperience, poor judgement, and bad • In a wildlife encounter, stay calm: follow guidelines outlined Gordon River Access74 km Dec. 1858, out or Port Townsend laden with Pacheena 180 "respect". The First Nations ropes, wet clothes etc). weather. during park orientation. lumber for San Francisco, IR 1IR 1 150 Guardians encourage • Indian Reserves and private property: stay on the main trail • Use bear caches or hang your food according to orientation no loss of life. Harris 30 If an injury occurs, follow the Evacuation Information Form issued Cove 90 and obey signs. protocols. Keep garbage and toiletries away from tents: 240 300 visitors to understand this with the WCT Overnight Use Permit. Call 1-250-726-3604 240 Parks Canada 360 Under the Canada National Park Act, it is illegal to collect, (monitored 24 hours/day) or send written message for help. never cook or eat food in or near your tent. Log Jam Ck Operations philosophy by sharing their 420 Wooden steamer CentreCentre 300 remove, or damage, any natural and cultural resource within • Keep, and leave, your campsite and the trail clean: bears, tug "ST. CLAIR" 90 Detail location, name, age, date, time, number in evacuation derelict limestone bluffs nation’s culture and history. the national park (e.g. marine life, shells, fossils, artifacts, and cougars, wolves, and other wildlife are attracted to food donkey Nov. 1948, 3 crew Port party and specifics of accident and injury. Evacuation points are engine lost. Nitinat 390 plants). Thrasher Cove, Camper Bay, Cullite Cove, Walbran, Carmanah scraps and packaging. Renfrew 300

30 72 km Snuggery Cone Cheewhat Light Station, Nitinat Narrows, Tsocowis Creek, or Pachena Light • Collect drinking water upstream then purify, boil, or filter it. 90 Parks Canada and the First Nations Guardians Cove Station. Wait in a visible location. Parks Canada staff patrol the • Consider exiting the trail if forecast calls for prolonged highest point on IR 5IR 5 work towards a common goal of protecting and West Coast Trail SAFETY trail by boat. Be prepared to signal. Never leave an injured party periods of rain. 30 240 IR 7IR 7 Adze Head Payzant Creek presenting the natural and cultural history of the region. The West Coast Trail is for hikers who are: member by themselves. It may take more than 24 hours for • Tsunamis: rare but dangerous. If you feel the ground shake assistance to arrive. If injured and you choose to exit at Nitinat 70 km

We need you to help us achieve this goal. Respectful • able to walk long distances through rough terrain with a immediately move to higher ground. Follow marked tsunami 210 Nitinat Narrows impassable Clo-oose River be aware that there are no medical facilities at Nitinat Village. evacuation routes. 210 heavy pack; 300 trail to except by boat – ferry service Lake behavior by hikers will lead to a safe and rewarding beach TSUNAMI HAZARD ZONE Nitinat Narrowsavailable for a fee. From May to October, the WCT is closed to harvesting and 1km • prepared to have an isolated wilderness experience and 240 Thrasher Cove 9:30am – 4:30pm experience and contribute to a healthy ecosystem for 150 consumption of all bivalves (clams, mussels, oysters) due to 150 ladders to Woods adhere to low impact back country camping policies. main trail 150 Yauh Creek 120 regular occurrences of Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP). Nose present and future generations to appreciate and enjoy. Hobbs Cr.Hobbs Cr. 30 tidal PSP can result in serious illness or death. IN CASE OF EARTHQUAKE, GO IR 4IR 4 No camping area due to TO HIGH GROUND OR INLAND

36 km an abundance of wildlife

Quartertide 120

Sandstone Sandstone

150 Yard Creek Creek Yard Yard 150 150

IR 3IR 3 IR 4aIR 4a activity in this area Creek Trisle Rocks 300 90

Clo-oose 90 300 Creek Kulaht 300 68 km 32 km Camper Creek 90 Whyac 240 Soule Creek anchor Carmanah 3 masted barque 34 km 240 150 on Cribs Creek "REVERE" Sept. 1883, rocks AA 240

240 in ballast from Honolulu 30 Creek

BB 150 Providence Cove Coal Creek Coal for Puget Sound,

Wooden 150 Cullite 30 120 schooner 90 no loss of life. Hammond Tom Baird Creek 3 masted 38 km CC Walbran "RAITA", 150

barkentine 210 Rocks Bonilla Bonilla 150150 309 tons 120 Logan Creek 30 40 km Kellet Rock "SKAGIT" Creek Whyac Pt Whyac Jan. 1925, Adrenaline 506 tons 120 BB loaded with 600 tons, 66 km Beach Access A to Thrasher Oct. 1906, 120 AA 30 Cerantes lumber, no steel steamer, anchor 62 km Cove is passable at tides 64 km Tsuquanah Pt Tsuquanah inbound from Creek 120 Rock Botanical Beach on rocks Creek

loss of life. "SANTA RITA" Dare Owen below 8ft/2.4 m except at San Francisco Creek 60 Feb, 1923, Beach Owen Pt where tides below to Port Gamble 42 km Is 3 masted 90 60 GC no loss of life. Creek 6 ft/1.8 m are required. This

to load lumber, schooner IR 6 90 Multiple Kallder Creek Kallder 58 km 60 km Very dangerous Camper Bay surge is a difficult route with surge no loss of life. "DARE", 90 slope: follow signs, Dare Pt

Owen Pt Owen channels and many boulders. between 38.6km and 60 channels 259 tons, no water 3 masted ship

41km passable at tides travel BELOW slope. 56 km 56

Dec. 1890, available "WILLIAM TELL" San Juan Pt below 7ft/2.1m 54 km out of San 44 km 1153 tons, 46 km Cullite Cove Francisco in Dec. 1865, 52 km During dry weather fresh water can be scarce between ballast for between 41.5km and inbound from IR 3 50 km 30 3 masted ship Tsquadra (KM 30) and Dare Beach (KM 40). Tacoma to Carmanah Point Carmanah Lighthouse South Africa British iron barque "JOHN MARSHALL" load lumber, passable at tides 321 tons, Nov. 1860, in ballast for below 7ft/2.1m "DUCHESS OF no loss of life. 48 km out of San Francisco Puget Sound, o sea lion between this point ARGYLE", Nov. 1887, 24 between here and no loss of life. haul out rock and Bonilla Pt passable dangerous surge channel in ballast from San in ballast bound for true north Walbran Creek passable at tides below 10ft/3.0m; at waterfall, hikers stay on Francisco for Seaback, Washington, 430 ton barque at tides below 9ft/2.7m; the trail between Logan and no loss of life.

beach is the usual route. Pt Vancouver, "LIZZIE 4 masted wooden and when Walbran Creek Walbran Creeks and do not no loss of life.

magnetic north magnetic Please note, park boundaries are approximate. MARSHALL" 4 masted schooner is not in flood. attempt to cross Adrenaline JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT Carmanah Pt Carmanah schooner "WEMPE Feb. 1884, no Point

"PURITAN", 614 tons, BROTHERS", 681 tons, surge channel. Vancouver Vancouver

loss of life. Bonilla Nov. 1896, inbound Oct. 1901, inbound from in ballast from San San Pedro to pick up Francisco for Port lumber in Puget Sound. Gamble, no loss of life.