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Long Beach

Broken Group Islands

Hole-in-the-Wall West Coast Trail Common Starfish

Schooner Cove Sea Lions in Broken Group Islands

Hikers at Valencia Cliff (West Coast Trail)

North Long Beach Pacific Rim National Park Additional information is available by writing to: Service: Service- Distances to by Road J-zazna How to Get There The Superintendent, Port Alberni to — summer, four times summer only, daily from mid-May to end (distances do not include portions over water) Pacific Rim National Park, a week and winter, three times a week. of September. Pacific swells hurl themselves against craggy headlands or roll up From km mi wide sandy beaches in this spectacular new (1971) national park on Box 280, Port of Call: Kildonan Departs Seattle at 8 a.m. — arrives Victoria Banff 1033 642 Historic Sites 's west coast. , , Route time: 8 hours, round trip at 12:15 p.m. V0R 3A0. Capacity: 100 passengers Calgary 1164 723 Pacific Rim National Park is in three units: Long Beach, the Departs Victoria at 4:30 p.m. and arrives Seattle Free British Columbia tourist accommodation information and Edmonton 1347 837 Broken Group Islands and the West Coast Trail. Each unit is separated at 8:45 p.m. Airport Facilities maps are available by writing to: British Columbia Ferries Jasper 975 606 from the others by expanses of land and water, and each is reached by Black Ball Transport Co. Tourism British Columbia, 818 Broughton Street, Victoria, B.C. V8W 1E4 Kamloops 533 331 430 Belleville St., Victoria, B.C. V8V 1W9 visitors in a different way. 1117 Wharf St., Nanaimo 85 53 Phone: Victoria, 387-1401, Vancouver, 669-1211 Phone: 386-2202 Ferry Routes Long Beach, the most heavily visited and developed segment, is Victoria, British Columbia, Parksville 48 30 accessible from Port Alberni on a winding, paved mountain highway. V8W 2Z2. Service- Service- Seattle 340 211 Visitor facilities and services include campgrounds, day-use areas Vancouver (Tsawwassen) to Victoria (Swartz Bay) between Victoria and Port Angeles daily 138 83 Logging Roads How to Reach Vancouver Island and adjacent to major beaches and, from late June to September, a free Pacific Rim National Park — daily, summer and winter. Summer and winter crossing time: 1 hour and 30 minutes 108 67 Open to Public Ucluelet interpretive program. This program consists of conducted walks and Once on Vancouver Island, the Long Beach and West Coast Crossing Time: 1 hour and 40 minutes Capacity: 100 cars, 700 passengers Vancouver 108 67 audio-visual and evening presentations. The local fishing communities Trail units are accessible by road from any of the points on the island Capacity: 192 cars, 1200 passengers CP Rail Victoria 196 122 of Tofino (population 612) and Ucluelet (population 1300) offer visitors Paved Roads served by the ferries listed in this section. B.C.C.S. Service, Pier B, Vancouver, B.C., V6C 2R3 a wide choice of motel and hotel units as well as private campgrounds. All three units of the park are accessible by private boat or through Service- Phone: 665-3141 All other usual tourist services are available in or near the two villages. the scheduled summer service of Alberni Marine Transportation as Vancouver (Horseshoe Bay) to Nanaimo (Departure Other Distances by Road Railroad shown. Service- The Broken Group Islands — about 100 in all — are at the en­ Bay) — daily, summer and winter. Ucluelet to Tofino: 41 km ( 26 mi) trance to and may be reached by boat from Ucluelet and The villages of Ucluelet and Tofino are served by regularly sched­ Crossing time: 1 hour and 50 minutes between Vancouver and Nanaimo daily, summer and winter Port Alberni to Bamfield: 104 km ( 65 mi) Port Alberni. Several primitive campsites have been provided on the uled bus from Port Alberni and West Coast Air operates scheduled Capacity: 372 cars, 1200 passengers Victoria to : 105 km ( 66 mi) Park Boundary islands and small boat travel is possible in waters sheltered within the flights from Vancouver to Tofino Airport. Crossing time: 2 hours and 30 minutes Capacity: 155 cars, 1030 passengers Bamfield to Port Renfrew: 405 km (253 mi) islands. Passenger Boats and Ferries British Columbia Steamship Co. (1975) Ltd. (\J Trans-Canada Highway The West Coast Trail lies between Bamfield and Port Renfrew Alberni Marine Transportation Company General Office, 254 Belleville St., Victoria, Washington State Ferries — a distance of 72 km. It can only be travelled on foot and demands all Box 188, Port Alberni, B.C. V9Y 7M7 B.C. V8W1W9 Phone: 656-1531 (Sidney terminal) Published by Parks Canada, Western Region, the strength and stamina hikers can muster along its rugged and often Phone: 386-6731 for auto and stateroom reservations under the authority of Hugh Faulkner, {A J Highway 4 Phone: 723-5788 or 723-9774, ship: 723-8313 Service- rain-soaked length. Bamfield is reached from Port Alberni along a good Service: 388-7397 administration office only between Sidney (Victoria), Anacortes and ports of call Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs. gravel road, and Port Renfrew can be reached by road from Victoria or INA Publication No. QS-W090-000-EE-A2 Port Alberni to Ucluelet — summer only, Seattle Terminal, Pier 69, 2700 Alaskan Way, on San Juan Island daily, summer and winter © Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1979 (99) Highway 99 Shawnigan Lake. twice weekly. Seattle, Washington, 98121 Crossing time: 2 hours and 30 minutes to 3 hours and Detailed information about the park may be obtained in sum­ Port of Call: Kildonan Phone: 683-8200 for automobile and stateroom 20 minutes depending on the number of mer at the information centre near the entrance to the Long Beach Unit Route Time: 10 hours, round trip reservations inter-island stops (R) Highway 14 and all year at the park office in the Long Beach Unit. Capacity: 100 passengers 623-5560 for information Capacity: 160 cars, 2000 passengers Indian Paint Brush