!Jr;:, Entrance Anchorage LEGEND The story behind the trail: p sach~ Self Pt ~ highway The Huu-ay-aht, Ditidaht and Pacheedaht First Nations However, after the wreck ' C;;r H:~tWII }) all-weather road The Valencia / West Coast Trail forest route have always lived along Vancouver 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 / ' (Bamfield = 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 Pachena Bay 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 Vancouver Island'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 Canada 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, Paricougars, wolves, and other wildlife are attracted to food 0 Nitinaht the national park (e.g. marine life, shells, fossils, artifacts, and party and specifics of accident and injury. Evacuation points are scraps and packaging. Cone plants). Thrasher Cove, Camper Bay, Cullite Cove, Walbran, Carmanah / Light Station, Nitinaht Narrows, Tsocowis Creek, or Pachena • Collect drinking water upstream then purify, boil, or filter it. I Light Station. Wait in a visible location. Parks Canada staff patrol • Consider exiting the trail if forecast calls for prolonged I SAFETY the trail by boat. Be prepared to signal. Never leave an injured periods of rain. ) The West Coast Trail is for hikers who are: party 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 Nitinaht caax· iyt (DFNJ \ • able to walk long distances through rough terrain with a immediately move to higher ground. Follow marked tsunami .. . Clo-oose N,tmaht Narrows impassable Lako (Cheewat) heavy pack; be aware that there are no medical facilities at Nitinaht Village. evacuation routes. except by boat - ferry service Cheewhat River \ Little stream of -.\11,- From May to October, the WCT is closed to harvesting and available for a fee. -_ • prepared to have an isolated wilderness experience and 9:30am - 4:30pm \ adhere to low impact back country camping policies. consumption of all bivalves (clams, mussels, oysters) due to ' o regular occurrences of Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP). \ PSP can result in serious illness or death. \'\ "" barkentine * Kellet Rock "SKAGIT" ..:,,,,,_ ) 506 tons 600 tons, q· abaaduwa? (DFN) ' Beach Access A lo Thrasher Oct. 1906, steel steamer, IR S Cove is passable at tides inbound from ~ % - - "SANTA RITA" below Bft/2.4 m except at San Francisco waawaax~adis (OFN) () /--~~~--- Feb, 1923, Owen Pt where tides below to Port Gamble Coal Creek C no loss 01 1,te. 6 IV1.8 mare required. 1/Jis to load lumber, Sounding beach Mulliple co ~ schooner _.,,.../ is a d1fficull route with surge :::, no loss of life. or farting beach ,/·\ surge --:, 8 "DARE', / _ ~\()Cl> I::, X between 38.6km and channels channels and many boulders. 259tons, C 41 km passable at tides / ,. - ~ ~ ~ nowater - Dec. 1890, co below 7ft/2.1m / "' '£ ava,fable c-:a n Cl) out of San \ ~ ~ t&J~'~·•m~ ....,.,. 1153 tons. '...... -/,. ~ .,, /t \ _..,,.., -~----- ', ------~~-...... _ _/.. ~ Francisco in __ Dec. 1865, During dry weather fresh water can be scarce between ballast tor -· ---- ,...... - ...1 ~ l!!J. 3 masted ship inbound from Tsquadra (KM 30) and Dare Beach (KM 40). Ss.,...... --. • •••., [!1.,...... ----o- ~- ~~ ~ :...:.,,L._(9 0: Tacoma to "JOHN MARSHALL" South Africa load lumber, ~:"::~ ~ ················· •·· · ..: . ' ~ ·- ' ,,• ., Bnt,sh ironbarque o.,_$ in ballast for \{,j,~T~...- •• •• · · I , . ':L,.c:--:-:'.:.:..,.·.~ ~ "DUCHESS OF 321 tons, Nov. 1860, no loss of life. Puget Sound, sea/ion/• ..c betweenth,spomt -1:J\ ft~ '~ ._,.,. ·· , - - ARGYLE" Nov 1887 out of San Francisco no loss of life. haul oul rock ~ and Bon•lfa Pt passable >- between here and Wl!!J dangerous surge channel in ballast from. San · in ballast bound for co al tides below 10ft/3.0m; ~ Walbran Creek passable at watelfa/1, hikers stay on Francisco for Seaback, Washington. E beach ,s the usual route. 5 CL al tides below 9/V2. lm; the trail between Logan and Vancouver, no loss of life. 4 masted wooden and when Walbran Creek Walbran Creeks and do not no loss of life. Please note, park boundaries are approximate. ~ O (.) schooner "WEMPE c ,snot m flood. attempt to cross Adrenaline JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT Feb. 1884, no BROTHERS' , 681 tons. ~ surge channel. loss of life. Oct. 1901 , inbound from San Pedro to pick up lumber in Puget Sound.