Hobiton Pacific Rim National Park Reserve Entrance Anchorage Squalicum 60 LEGEND Sachsa TSL TSUNAMI HAZARD ZONE The story behind the trail: Lake Ferry to Lake Port Alberni 14 highway 570 WEST COAST TRAIL 30 60 paved road Sachawil The Huu-ay-aht, Ditidaht and Pacheedaht First Nations However, after the wreck 420 The West Coast Trail (WCT) is one of the three units 30 Self Pt 210 120 30 TSL 30 Lake Aguilar Pt Port Désiré Pachena logging road The Valencia of Pacific Rim National Park Reserve (PRNPR), Helby Is have always lived along Vancouver Island's west coast. of the Valencia in 1906, West Coast Trail forest route Tsusiat IN CASE OF EARTHQUAKE, GO Hobiton administered by Parks Canada. PRNPR protects and km distance in km from Pachena Access TO HIGH GROUND OR INLAND These nations used trails and paddling routes for trade with the loss of 133 lives, 24 300 presents the coastal temperate rainforest, near shore Calamity and travel long before foreign sailing ships reached this the public demanded Cape Beale/Keeha Trail route Creek Mackenzie Bamfield Inlet Lake km waters and cultural heritage of Vancouver Island’s West Coast Bamfield River 2 distance in km from parking lot Anchorage region over 200 the government do River Channel west coast as part of Canada’s national park system. West Coast Trail - beach route outhouse years ago. Over the more to help mariners 120 access century following along this coastline. Trail Map IR 12 Indian Reserve WEST COAST TRAIL POLICY AND PROCEDURES Dianna Brady beach access contact sailors In response the 90 30 The WCT is open from May 1 to September 30. Island Beach 30 TSL Treaty Settlement Lands brought the government built Bamfield to Port Renfrew, parking The trail is closed October 1 to April 30 due to frequent Burlo Peninsula swampy area beginning of a Pachena Lighthouse, Vancouver Island 90 and prolonged periods of heavy rain, strong winds, high Hamilton Is cable car extensive mud changing world to established lifesaving Point 60 buildings tides, large waves and short days. The national park TSL flats at low tide passable at impassable headland the First Nations. stations and improved 150 Little superintendent may close the WCT at any time to address tides 6ft/1.8m Burts Is sand, foreshore flats Mills Squalicum Voss Pt WCT Information Trade increased, and the telegraph route to become a life saving trail for public safety, environmental or operational concerns. 150 rocky ledge, rocky reef difficult surge channel 90 Lake Trevor Centre - register on Due to the popularity of the West Coast Trail we suggest Haines and off the trail here. shipwreck, general location only many sailing ships met a tragic fate navigating in these shipwreck victims and their rescuers. With improvements 120 viewpoint, point of interest that you make your reservation as early as possible. Is May 01 – Sept 30 unfamiliar and hazardous waters. Sailors soon referred to technology the frequency of shipwrecks decreased and 60 (Bamfield = 5km) campsite - all campsites are located Reservations are typically made available through our Taylor Is on the beaches GC Guardian cabin to this coastline as the “Graveyard of the Pacific”. the life saving trail was gradually abandoned. In 1973 the Creek reservation system in early January. Creek 240 Anacla West Coast Trail Information Centre Ditidaht luxury tent trail became part of the newly established Pacific Rim 150 - register on and off Reservations can be made: TSL Between 1888 and 1890 the government erected a National Park Reserve. Today, hiking the West Coast Trail 90 Clonard Food locker TsusiatTsusiat Squalicum Pacific Rim National Park Reserve telegraph line along the coastline. The line was an attempt is about exploring Vancouver Island’s temperate rainforest 240 Online: reservation.pc.gc.ca 90 Pachena Access achena Beach (HFN) Huu-ay-aht Place Name P Pacific Rim National Park Reserve to establish communications between the west coast and wild coastline, experiencing a fabled land recounted Phone: 1-877-737-3783 (Canada and USA) 150 (DFN) 60 passable Ditidaht Place Name 150 2 km at tides below Marine Zone 1-519-826-5391 (International) (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 IR 1 contour interval - 30m lighthouses, and larger communities in hopes of saving victims, and appreciating the beauty of territories that 90 Standby: The WCT is 100% reservable and there is no 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 standby list at the trailheads. All visitors to Pacific Rim Kichha Bay assume calm seas; use tide tables for Tofino, B.C. Add one hour Parks Canada Tsuquadra National Park Reserve are required to have a valid national 30 during summer months for Pacific Daylight Saving Time. 2019 edition Lake park entry pass while visiting the national park reserve. Lake IR 7 Lawton Pt Lake 2 km Hikers on the WCT are required to have a valid WCT 90 60 Bay 180 300 Klanawa Overnight Use Permit in addition to a valid national park 390 4 km 30 150 entry pass. 300 210 120 Nitinaht Narrows "NEREUS" 360 240 3.5 km Michigan Darling Entrance and exit points: Pachena Bay, Nitinaht Village, 4070-ton Tsocowis Kicha TSL 180 Greek freighter 60 and Gordon River. Entrance or exit at any other point is not Be 240 90 eha ac Billy Aug. 1937, out Ke h 270 240 Little permitted unless an evacuation is required. of Kobe for 30 30 Clutus Tsusiat 150 River Keeha 210 150 Goat Point Alberni, River Orange TSL Trestle Lake Ferry crossings are operated throughout the hiking no loss 120 60 Bay 4 km 30 IR 2 of life. 6 km season at Gordon River and Nitinaht Narrows (fees apply). 120 Creek Creek Black 270 Creek Cove Clutus Pt 30 km If applicable, the water taxi on Nitinaht Lake can take you Mud Juice Tsusiat 150 210 Falls GC Creek from Nitinaht Village to Nitinaht Narrows (fees apply). Cape Beale 150 derelict donkey engine km 22 24 km 28 km 26 km headlands between Ck 120 derelict grader Maximum group size: 10 hikers Cape Beale Lighthouse7 km Pachena Access 90 ladders and Michigan Creek 60 to main Tsuquadra 20 km "BRUCE 1", are impassable River trail from Darling 90 trail Pets and firearms are prohibited on the WCT 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: please visit 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 http://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/bc/pacificrim/activ/activ13 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 access our fishing vessel Oct. 1899, for Australia, no true north Sound, entire crew lost. Barque 60 "VARSITY", 90 tons, Steamship "WOODSIDE" in ballast from During dry weather fresh water can be scarce between preparation guide at: survivors. Valencia Bluffs "JANET Seabird Rocks February 1940, 4 masted built in Sooke, provided Honolulu for Tsuquadra (KM 30) and Dare Beach (KM 40). "UZBEKISTAN" COWAN" http://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/bc/pacificrim/visit/brochures magnetic north magnetic 7 crew, 3 survivors. schooner regular service between Port Townsend 3 masted barque a Russian freighter, 2497 ton or call 1-250-726-3500 all year long. "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 Parksville Strait of Georgia Nov. 1891, a British 30 with lend-lease cargo, LEWERS" Barkley Sound and no loss of life. During the hiking season call 1-250-647-5434 to reach 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, 4 of Callao in ballast, captain's out of Cape the Gordon River trailhead or 1-250-728-3234 to reach 19 Nanaimo N in ballast for Puget no loss of life.Steamer 253 foot iron steamer, April 1923, no lives lost wife and 3 year old daughter sea lion Town in Sound, 2 crew lost. 3 masted ship haul out rock "MASCOTTE" to salvage Jan. 1906, out of San inbound in the Pachena Bay trailhead. 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 For information on how to make a reservation for 1386 tons, July 1879, Remnant boiler still on-shore. total of 160 passengers Bellingham, The West Coast Trail is recommended Ucluelet a contingent JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT no loss of life. a school, non-profit group or commercial operator Bamfield Duncan in ballast from Shanghai and crew, more than 125 Lake of 27, 7 died for experienced backpackers only.