Our First Canadian National Park

Tuesday, June 28th – Port Alberni to Tofino to Port Alberni, British Columbia - Day 137

Our first National Park in Canada was the Pacific Rim National Park. We were excited to see how it would compare to the American system. An hour drive and we arrived at the visitor centre to purchase our national park pass. Instead of a junior ranger package, they have the explorer package. Instead of a badge, you get a dog tag with the park name on it. The explorer book was very well done.

Our first stop was into Ucluelet to visit the lighthouse and the stunning views of waves crashing into rocky shores. We ate lunch and looked out into the ocean to see any ocean life passing by. No luck. We did find very cool massive slugs that were four inches long. We walked for a few hundred metres along the Lighthouse trail before turning back to the car.

Into Pacific Rim National Park and to the rainforest trail, a 1.6 km boardwalk through lush forest. You walk over log bridges and the boardwalk takes you up and down by ferns, mosses, and massive trees. I loved this trail. We only did one of two loops of the trail, but I wish we had time for both.

To be continued...

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