Bamfield is a community placed in a protected inlet on the south shore of Barkley Sound and the Pacific Rim area of Vancouver Island.
Bamfield is a small fishing and harbour village best known for its magnificent salmon fishing adventures, and marine biologists heavily populate it.
It is a quiet village where the love of the land and sea prevails.
Bamfield takes its name from the first government agent of the area, Edder Banfield. In 1902, the Bamfield Cable Station was built as the western terminus of a worldwide undersea cable called the All Red Line, as it passed only through countries and territories controlled by the British Empire that coloured red on the map.
A world-famous hiking trail was built in 1907 along the West Coast of Vancouver Island to assist survivors of the area's many shipwrecks in finding their way back to civilization, and Bamfield, located at the northern end of the West Coast Trail.
The trail runs 77 km (48 miles) along highly rugged
terrain.
Today Bamfield is principally a tourist destination, either for the West Coast Trail, ocean kayaking, whale watching, or sport fishing.
The warmest months to visit Bamfield are July, August, and then June. The highest weather temperature is regularly around 29.6°C (85.2°F) with temperatures rarely dropping below 10.7°C (51.3°F) at night.
The best time to visit Bamfield starts from the end of May to the end of September.