The Wild Side Guide to Vancouver Island's Pacific Rim: Long Beach, Tofino, Ucluelet, Port Alberni, Nitinat & Bamfield

by Jacqueline Windh

Overview

The Pacific Rim of Vancouver Island's wild west coast, with its picturesque coastal villages of Tofino and Ucluelet and expansive wave-washed sands of Long Beach, has become one of Canada's top tourist destinations. In this updated edition of The Wild Side Guide to Vancouver Island's Pacific Rim, longtime Tofino resident, wilderness traveller, author and photographer Jacqueline Windh shares her secrets about travelling around the region. She provides necessary information on how to get there, where to stay, what to do, where to eat, as well as the little stories and inside scoops that will enrich any visitor's experience. With Windh's beautiful photography accompanying the text, this useful guide will serve as an inspiration to visit and an enduring reminder to return to this beautiful place again.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781550174854
Publisher:	Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd.
Publication date:	02/28/2010
Edition description:	Revised Second Edition
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Jacqueline Windh is a photojournalist, geologist and outdoorswoman who has published her images and articles in many magazines, including BBC Wildlife, Adventure Kayak, Wavelength Paddling Magazine and Beautiful BC. She lives in Tofino, BC.

Table of Contents

The Pacific Rim 11

Background Information 37

Geography 37

History 44

Getting Here and Around 48

Port Alberni 59

Around Port Alberni 79

Bamfield and Nitinat 88

Bamfield 88

Nitinat 104

Ucluelet and Barkley Sound 109

Ucluelet 109

Around Ucluelet 132

Long Beach 140

Tofino and Clayoquot Sound 150

Tofino 150

Around Tofino 187

Resources 198

Acknowledgements 204

Index 205

Editorial Reviews

"If you want to know anything about everything around travelling in the Pacific Rim, pikc up Jacqueline Windh's Guide...The Wild Side Guide inspires me to go see these places - and Windh makes them all sound like great places to go."
—Alli Vail, Parksville/Qualicum Beach News

"Windh's book caters to the Therm-a-Rest set and those sleeping on 400-thread-count sheets."
—Carolyn Bird, The Georgia Straight

"This book is a stunner. Once you have finished oohing and aahing over the cover, you'll find an intimate portrait of a part of the west coast of Vancouver Island..."
—Joseph Kula, CanWest News Service

"Canadian geologist and photojournalist Jacqueline Windh spent 10 years photographing and exploring the The Pacific Rim region of Vancouver Island. Her photographs of wildlife, people and landscapes are stunning, and her flowing narrative blends history, science and tradition."
-The Globe and Mail

From the Publisher

"This book is a stunner. Once you have finished oohing and aahing over the cover, you'll find an intimate portrait of a part of the west coast of Vancouver Island..."
—Joseph Kula, CanWest News Service

"Canadian geologist and photojournalist Jacqueline Windh spent 10 years photographing and exploring the The Pacific Rim region of Vancouver Island. Her photographs of wildlife, people and landscapes are stunning, and her flowing narrative blends history, science and tradition."
-The Globe and Mail

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