Bamfield, Canada Travel Blogs

Testfahrt / Testride
May 28, 2008 (3 photos)

... idea to travel up from Port Hardy to Prince Rupert on ferry along the untouched and very attractive western coast and islands of Canada. Therefore I go on to do a little joyride around the island how I got on gravel roads into the region of Cowichan Lake. ...

Team Chemise Rouge
Jul 17, 2006 (27 photos)

Operation Bamfield to Port Renfrew... Heres the jist. Several months back, my good Friends Jimmy and Jill Gillis(The Jillises), Steve Eliason(The Beav)and I set up this trip to meet in Victoria and then backpack the West Coast Trail for July. Perfect! ...

The West Coast Trail
Aug 14, 2007 (54 photos)

... early start to proceedings this morning as we have a 3 hour car journey across to the starting point for the West Coast Trail , Bamfield. The West Coast Trail is basically a 77km walk along some of the most rugged coastline in North America. It is rated by ...

Bamfield Marine Science Station
Jun 16, 2003

Did some science. Drove some boats. Published a paper.

Tentative Steps
Jul 4, 2009 (54 photos)

Darling River to Tsusiat Falls 11 km - 8 hrs We woke up to a foggy misty morning with no sun or views of the horizon. Fortunately it wasn't raining. Celine was full of trepidation as we weren't sure how the day would turn out. Either she would be able to ...

The Long and Winding Trail
Jul 5, 2009 (65 photos)

Tsusiat Falls to Cribs Creek 17 km - 9 hrs Today was a long, long day. It is the furthest we have planned on hiking and it was a lot of work! The weather was overcast but not foggy and an ideal temperature for hiking. We got up at 06h00 and were ...

Fulfilling a Promise
Jul 3, 2009 (45 photos)

Pacheena Bay Trailhead to Darling River CG 14 km - 6 hrs This morning we had no need for an alarm clock. The birds did a natural job, starting their seranade around 04h00. We were up by 06h15 and got busy with all the things needed to get us on ...

Out of the Wild
Jul 1, 2008 (98 photos)

... and boarded the West Coast Trail Express bus for the four hour ride along bumpy active logging roads to the trailhead just south of Bamfield.  On route, we saw two black bears and several deer grazing alongside the road.  The bears were a bit ...

The middle of nowhere
Aug 25, 2008 (1 photos)

We arrived at the Hutton house at 9:30pm. Scott and Rachel had expected us for already a long time, but since our GPS did not know that the freeway had no exits anymore, it took us a lot more kilometers then expected before we found the right spot. I ...

The start of the West Coast Trail
May 27, 2008

It starts off with a horrible bumby, nausiating ride to the trail head. There you go through a quick info session and learn about what to do and what not to do. Then it all begins.