Travel: Pacific Rim National Park
Pacific Rim National ParkBox 280, Ucluelet, BC V0R 3A0 250-726-7721 Camping reservations 18004355622 (required mid June to mid-Sept) This park is located along the western edge of Vancouver Island, and has three sections: The park covers 510 square kilometres (197 square miles) and includes rocky coastline, primal first growth rain forests, and tranquil lakes and tidal estuaries. The park includes key migratory stop-overs on the Pacific migration routes, and the shoreline is popular with seabirds and sea lions, as well as Gray whales who feed offshore in the summer. An estimated 66 ships have sunk along this shoreline, and in 1907 the Canadian government established a trail system as an escape route for shipwreck survivors, which The Park's information office is on Highway 4, and is open from mid-March to mid-October, and there is a West Coast Trail information office in Bamfield and in Port Renfrew. Trail open May - September. Community Map
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