Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Vancouver Island's West Coast

Victoria is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, and is sheltered from the open Pacific by the Olympic Peninsula. However, traveling westward along the island's coast one moves within 40 or 50 kilometers into a much wilder and more robust environment, the West Coast of Vancouver Island. Much of it is not accessible by road. Where the road ends, the West Coast Trail begins, a 75 kilometer hike famous as one of the finest wilderness trails in the world. Fern mentioned on Sunday that we drove west on Saturday and stopped at one of the many beaches along the way, China Beach. The photo above is of one end of China Beach and shows the landscape typical of much of the rugged coastline.
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5 comments:

  1. JoJoFebruary 10, 2015 at 4:20 AM

    So much more dramatic than the east coast.

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  2. The Furry GnomeFebruary 10, 2015 at 5:26 AM

    Pacific Rim on the island's west coast was one of the most spectacular places we saw when we took the kids out west for Expo '86. Can't believe it was nearly 30 yeRs ago!

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  3. William KendallFebruary 10, 2015 at 9:02 AM

    Quite dramatic under that sky.

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  4. StephanieFebruary 11, 2015 at 2:42 PM

    Love the waves.

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  5. Gemma WisemanFebruary 12, 2015 at 2:37 AM

    Such rugged beauty begs for some haunting story to unfold.

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