!Jr;:, Entrance Anchorage LEGEND The story behind the trail: p sach~ Self Pt ~ highway The Huu-ay-aht, Ditidaht and Pacheedaht However, after the wreck ' C;;r H:~tWII }) all-weather road The Valencia / forest route have always lived along Island's west coast. of the Valencia in 1906, a~by ls O • 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, / TO HIGH GROUND OR INLAND West Coast Trail - beach route and travel long before foreign sailing ships reached this the public demanded f region over 200 the government do Indian Reserve outhouse ( ~ ii years ago. Over the more to help mariners ' access century following ,l ~ Treaty Settlement Lands ~ along this coastline. DD beach access contact sailors In response the > .,,!tc & swampy area ' parking brought the government built buildings ~ beginning of a Pachena Lighthouse, \ ·- cable car extensive mud -C changing world to established lifesaving f flats at low tde sand, foreshore flats passable at impassable headland the First Nations. stations and improved ( tides6ft!1.8m rocky ledge, rocky reef Pt WCT lnlormation shipwreck, general location only difficult surge channel Trade increased, and the telegraph route to become a life saving trail for ) Centre - register ob ~ •iii and off the trail her . many sailing ships met a tragic fate navigating in these shipwreck victims and their rescuers. With improvements campsi:e - all campsites are located viewpoint, point of interest MayO t - Sept 30J ~ on the beaches Fri unfamiliar and hazardous waters. Sailors soon referred to technology the frequency of shipwrecks decreased and / ' ( = 5k ) Guardian cabin Ef,:;:Z:3Taylor Is - / ~naq~a (HFN) West Coast Trail Information Centre me to this coastline as the "Graveyard of the Pacific". the life saving trail was gradually abandoned. In 1973 the / /An-ag-ffa) 6 - register on and off / _Ma in village ri1 Ditidaht luxury tent trail became part of the newly established Pacific Rim _ The point in which Pacific Rim National Park Reserve Retween 1888 and 1890 the government erected a National Park Reserve. Today, hiking the West Coast Trail the steam splits In two r-~ w1 Food locker K.iix?in National .it ·~ telegraph line along the coastline. The line was an attempt is about exploring 's temperate rainforest Hi storic Site Pacific Aim National Park Reserve (HFN) Huu-ay-aht Place Name to establish communications between the west coast and wild coastline, experiencing a fabled land recounted Marine Zone (DFN) Ditidaht Place Name (PFN) Pacheedaht Place Name villages, the newly established Cape Beale and Carmanah in traditional histories, walking in the steps of shipwreck contour interval - 30m lighthouses, and larger communities in hopes of saving victims, and appreciating the beauty of territories that Tide heights quoted on tho face of the m.Jp arc ypproximato and pholographs courtesy assume calm seas; use tide tables for Tolino, 8.C. Add one hour Parks mariner lives. First Nation people continue to call home. during summer months tor Pacific Daylight Sav,ig Time. 20/6edition )

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~ ----- American barque Wooden steamer "ALASKAN" ----- "CHARLES B. KINNEY" 150 tons, Jan. 1923 out of Nov. 1886, with lumber Victoria loaded with salt out of Port Townsend for the salteries in Barkley for Australia, no Sound, entire crew lost. survivors. l '\I ~ Seabird Rocks l 3 masted barque Regional Setting ~ 767 ton wooden schooner "SARAH", 1206 tons, windjammer, 1891 , "SEQUEL', Jan. 1909, out Nov a Bnt1sh Jan. 1896, Pari