Pacific Rim National Park Reserve

Pacific Rim National Park Reserve is a piece of paradise for those eager to discover the best outdoors on Vancouver Island's stunning west coast.
This national park is famous for its remarkable old-growth rainforest, spectacular coastal scenery and long sandy beaches.
This dazzling area, with lots of exciting activities and attractions to explore, delights all visitors. The Pacific Rim National Park Reserve activities include hiking through the lush temperate forests, walking along the expansive soft-sand beaches, and watching the epic sunset views. You can also enjoy kayaking among hundreds of small islands and hidden bays, discovering wildlife, and have the pleasure of visiting the migrating whales.
The region's extensive vegetation includes Sitka spruce, western hemlock, deer fern, western red-cedar, and sword fern. Animal species vary from marine and sea-coast, like ochre echinoderm and humpback whales, to terrestrial mammals like Vancouver Island wolves.

Pacific Rim National Park Reserve Location

Pacific Rim National Park Reserve is situated along Vancouver Island's stunning west coast in British Columbia, Canada, nestled just southeast of Tofino. The park has a 511 km² (197 mi²) surface area divided into three parts. They include Pacific Rim National Park Reserve - Long Beach Unit, the Broken Group Islands and the West Coast Trail, all bordered by mountains to the northwest and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Long Beach is the easiest one to access. It is one of Canada's most visited tourist attractions, which welcomes more than a million visitors yearly. The Broken Group Islands is the only water access directly to the east of Ucluelet, an archipelago of more than a hundred small, rugged islands at the heart of Barkley Sound, between Loudoun Channel and Imperial Eagle Channel. This maze of channels and waterways is only accessible by watercraft and is a popular destination for kayaking.
This tranquil group of islands' natural features includes arches, sandbars, lagoons, blowholes, and secluded anchorages. The largest forest islands are Nettle, Effingham, Turret, Dodd, Turtle, Jacques, and Gibraltar Island. The West Coast Trail Unit in the park is a temperate coastal rainforest that includes the section of the coast southeast of Barkley Sound between Bamfield and Port Renfrew villages. Numbers of the tallest and largest trees in Canada exist on the West Coast Trail. Old-growth cedar, hemlock and spruce inhabit this land. West Coast Trail is known around the world for the wilderness variety and merits of hiking. This region features natural wonders like the Tsusiat Falls at the Tsusiat River's mouth, a natural sandstone arch, countless caves, rocky headlands, creeks, coves, and tidal pools.
If you are interested, you can visit Amphitrite Point Lighthouse from the waterway, which is about 33 km (20.5 miles) to the northwest.
There are several beaches near Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, including Keeha Beach, Tapaltos Beach, Second Beach, and Mabens Beach.
Kichha Lake is at the park, but there are also some other lakes nearby. Among them are Calamity Lake, Pachena Lake, Sugsaw Lake, Frederick Lake, Black Lake and Rosseau Lake. The famous Nitinat Lake is about 80 km (49.7 miles) away, near Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park.

How to Get to Pacific Rim National Park Reserve by Car

From Victoria:
The Fastest route from Victoria is via Trans-Canada Hwy/BC-1 N, which is 200 km (12 miles) and takes about 3 hours and 18 minutes.
Take Trans-Canada Hwy/BC-1 N, Cowichan Valley Hwy/BC-18 W and Youbou Rd to N Shore Rd in Cowichan Valley I, which is 125 km (77.6 miles). Continue on N Shore Rd to your destination in Alberni-Clayoquot A, and after 74.6 km (46.3 miles), you will reach the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve.

From Nanaimo:
Nanaimo's fastest route is via BC-4 W, which is 176 km (109 miles) and takes about 2 hours and 22 minutes.
Head west on Fitzwilliam St towards Wesley St. After 800 m (2624.6 ft), continue onto Third St for 1.9 km (1.1 miles). Then continue onto Jingle Pot Rd and, after 650 m (2132 ft.), turn right onto BC-19 N (signs for Campbell R). After 41.2 km (26.6 miles), take exit 60 towards Port Alberni. Drive for 1.5 km (0.9 miles) and merge onto Memorial Rd/BC-4 W. Continue to follow BC-4 W and after 128 km (79.5 miles), turn right onto Pacific Rim Hwy/BC-4 W. Drive for 1.1 km (0.68 miles) to reach Pacific Rim National Park Reserve.

Note: After passing these trails, you'll reach Long Beach. The Broken Group Islands are accessible by water only on the east of Ucluelet.

The Hike to Get to Pacific Rim National Park Reserve

There is no designated hiking trail to reach Pacific Rim National Park Reserve.

History of Pacific Rim National Park Reserve

The Pacific Rim National Park Reserve was inaugurated in 1971 in the presence of Princess Anne of England. 
In the Broken Group area, an archeological site on Benson Island has uncovered evidence of human existence dating back over 5,000 years. Still, the Tseshaht is the only surviving group whose people live on the islands. At the same time, Benson Island hosted a summer village (now known as Port Elburney).

Things to do around the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve Area

There are lots of exciting activities and attractions to explore in this national park; several things to do, such as hiking through the old-growth rainforest, walking along sandy beaches. Maybe you desire to enjoy water activities like kayaking among hundreds of small islands and hidden bays and surfing the wild Pacific Ocean waves. You can also discover the wildlife and enjoy whale watching and spectacular coastal views or watching the sunset.
Long Beach is exceptionally well known for its brilliant scenery, beautiful landscapes and moss-covered western hemlock forests, Pacific silver Fir trees, and western red cedar. Due to the strong winds and heavy rains in the winter months, this area is also a popular destination for storm watching.