Ebook: Hiking the West Coast of Vancouver Island: Updated and Expanded

Vancouver Island offers some of the most spectacular coastline in the Pacific Northwest. This definitive guide covers every major coastal hike on the west coast of Vancouver Island, from the remote beaches of the Juan de Fuca Marine Trail to the surf-swept shore of Cape Scott. Included are the popular West Coast Trail, which features 50 miles of the most breathtaking and demanding hiking on the continent, easy-to-navigate trails through the stunning old-growth forest of the Carmanah-Walbran Provincial Park, the rugged, remote Nootka Trail, Wild Pacific Trail, with its white sand beaches.;Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Coastal Hiking; 2 The Juan de Fuca Marine Trail; 3 The West Coast Trail; 4 Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park; 5 Long Beach and the Tofino/Ucluelet Area; 6 The Hesquiat Peninsula; 7 The Nootka Trail; 8 The Brooks Peninsula; 9 Cape Scott Provincial Park and Area; 10 Natural History; 11 First Nations; 12 Conservation; For Further Reading; Index; Tim Leadem.