Tofino Time Magazine December 2005

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Half the speed - Twice the pleasure!
TOFINOTIME.COM
w
elcome to the
TofinoTime Magazine
fourtyfourth issue
december 2005 issue fourtyfour
produced on tofino time
by baku and adam
we encourage submissions and
listings from the community
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of TofinoTıme
Magazine in December 2005.
The intent of this publication is to serve as a forum in
which the town of Tofino, its
people and all the activities
that make life here special are
celebrated and promoted.
We hope to be supportive to
those in our community who
cover photo:
jacqueline windh
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Winter Celebration
Arts & Crafts Festival
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Mark Wrigley’s Shortbread
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Duck Dive & Turtle Roll
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Tide Tables
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Neilson (Bond) Island
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Music in November
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Artist Paul Sam
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Artist Sam Plumley
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Essay: Hard Time
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Tofino Gift Guide
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Tofino Wildlife: Cougars
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Joanna Streetly’s
new book: Silent Inlet
Community Calendar
Tofino Horoscope
produce & organise all the
events that enhance our lives
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john forde
Table of Content
and the time spent here by
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Tofino Profile: Marion Syme 28
Travel Info
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Community Directory
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our visitors.
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Tofino
and its community
Winter Celebration
C
ome enjoy some of our
area’s finest arts and crafts
and meet the people that
make them. Over 30 local artisans will be on hand at the
Tofino Community Hall on
Sunday Dec 11, from 11:00 - 4:00
to display and sell their work.
There will be many quality oneof-kind westcoast gifts, for all
ages, to meet your Christmas
needs. In its 5th year, this little
festival has become a popular
local Christmas tradition. It
features a wide variety of locallymade gifts, home decorations,
food, and Christmas baking.
By supporting local artists you’re
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also supporting the arts in our
community. In addition, the
Tofino Synchro Swim Team
will be on-hand to serve chili
and baked goods, so please come
hungry and support the team.
The girls will also be kicking off
their big raffle fundraiser, with
many great prizes. The tickets
are a great little gift and stocking
stuffer. Again this year, the artists
are also hosting their own raffle,
with all proceeds going to the
Tofino Skatepark.
Support our artists. Support our communities. Come
join the Celebration!!
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Mark Wrigley’s
Cardamom-Ginger
Shortbread Cookıes
Clayoquot Cuisine’s Mark Wrigley shares a favourite
holiday treat for spreading that christmas cheer
11⁄ 2 cup unsalted butter
(softened )
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 egg yolk
2 tsp. Grated lemon zest
2 1⁄ 2 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1⁄ 4 tsp. Ground cardamom
1⁄ 4 tsp. Ground ginger
(dried-powder)
1⁄ 2 tsp. salt
Thank You!
Mark Wrigley can be seen
cooking as a guest chef in your
own kitchen. Call him at 725-1234
Pre-heat oven at 375f
Sprinkle surface with flour.
Roll out one dough round to
1⁄ 8 inch thick, using a 2 1⁄ 2
inch round cookie cutter cut
shapes out. Place at least one
In another medium bowl, inch apart on an ungreased
stir together flour, baking pow- baking sheet or sheets.
der, cardamom, ginger and salt.
Slowly add this to the butter
Bake 8-10 min. or until
mixture on low speed or until light brown around the edges,
thoroughly combined.
cool on rack, and repeat with
remaining dough and scraps.
Divide the dough into
three equal parts, shape each
Yield: 71⁄ 2 Dozen
one into flat round and refrigerate for at least 2 hrs.
In a large bowl, beat butter on med. until smooth and
creamy. Slowly add sugar, egg
and egg yolk and lemon zest
until mixed.
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Clayoquot Oyster Festival Committee 2005 sends out an
enormous thank-you to the Sponsors, Donators & Volunteers
who helped to make the 9th Annual Oyster Festival fun for all.
Sponsors
Tin Wis Best Western • Long Beach Lodge • Tofino-Long Beach
Chamber of Commerce • Mackenzie Beach Resort • Middle Beach
Lodge • Port Boat House • Wildside Booksellers • Tofino Sea Kayak
Company • Paddlers Inn • John & Rebecca MacKay • Slegg Lumber
Restaurants
Breakers Deli • Blue Heron Dining Room • Clayoquot Cuisine
Common Loaf Bake Shop • Jupiter Juicery • Long Beach Lodge
The Pointe Restaurant • Raincoast Café • Shelter Restaurant
SoBo • Sweet T’s • Western Concessions
Prize Donors
Ancient Cedars Spa • Atleo Air • Caffe Vincente • Deb’s Hair Salon
Fibre Options • Island Folk Gallery • Mackenzie Beach Resort
Method Marine • Ordinary Corner Nursery • Pasticceria Conradi
Rod’s Power & Marine • Sacred Stone Spa • Shorewind Gallery
Storm Light Marine Station • Storm Surf • Surf Sisters • Tofino Art
Glass • Tofino Consumers Co-Op • Tofino Fishing & Trading
Tofino Sea Kayaking Co. • Tree House Gifts • Wildside Booksellers
Wineries, Breweries
Blasted Church • Gray Monk • Lighthouse Brewing Co. • Mission Hill
Mount Boucherie • Saltspring Island Vineyards • Stag’s Hollow
Vancouver Island Brewery
Food Producers
Oyster Man • Moonstruck Cheese Co. • West Coast Gooseneck
Barnacle Assoc. • Macs Oysters
MC
Decorations
Mermaid
Kathryn Gretsinger
Gayle Daily
Jackie Windh
& The Wildside Team
Servers
David Pitt-Brooke • Rick Copeland • Michael Curnes
Oyster Shuckers
Bill Morrison • Jack Grieg • Pat Boulton • Andrew Grieg
Brian Grieg • Graham Grieg • John Platenius • Adrienne
Admissions & Support
Mary Gorman • Sarah Timberlake • Christine Gourlay • Liz
Boychuck • Derek de Gannes • Matt Love
A special thanks goes out to all who attended
the Mermaids Ball and Oyster Gala.
Join us November 17-19, 2006
for the 10th Annual Clayoquot Oyster Festival
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by Jay Bowers
T
he duck dive and
the turtle roll have
got to be two of the
hardest maneuvers to learn
and perform properly in
the early stages of your
surfing career.
If you want to surf
our coastline, especially
in the winter, you will
have to perfect these two
maneuvers, or end up
riding inside foam balls
for 9 months of the year.
Oh, don’t worry… you’ll
have tons of time to practice on your 15 minute
paddle out tomorrow.
the rails, straighten your arms
and plunge the nose and your
Step Paddling out, a wave body under the wave as deeply
is approaching. Keep paddling, as you can.
approach the wave with speed
Step As the wave washes over
and momentum. Without
momentum the wave has the you, push your knee or your
upper hand before you even try foot (preferably your foot, it does
to get under it. If you can, find less damage to your board over
the weakest part of the wave to time) into the tail of the board
duck under; avoid the spot where to direct the nose to the surface.
the lip of the wave lands.
Look up, open your eyes and
see where you will surface.
Step Now, about 3⁄ 4 of the
Step With your eyes open,
way up your board or just in
front of your shoulders, grab
the surface in sight, and your foot
Duck dive; Short Board.
I’ll try to keep it simple.
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The Duck Dive
and the Turtle Roll
still on the tail, Pull the board
towards your chest. If you’ve done
this all correctly the momentum
of the wave should suck you
under and to the surface.
Step Wrap your legs over it
or clench the rails with your
knees and pull the nose of the
board further underwater. This
will allow the wave to flow over
the board without going under
and ripping it out of your hands.
Step You now have your
board under your chest. Break
the surface and start paddling. Step You’re set up; hold on
and let the wave pass over you.
Step Repeat this as many
times as it takes. You’ll probably Step Once the wave passes,
lose count!
let go of your board and surface.
Flip your board over. Pull yourTurtle roll: Long Board. self back up and start to paddle.
You should be out in no time.
Long boards are a great addition to
As with any thing with this
any quiver, but getting them out
can be a humbling mission. sport, it takes a lot of practice,
Because the boards are so big but without the duck dive or the
and buoyant, a duck dive is next Ole’ turtle roll, you won’t be
to impossible. A turtle roll is the going any where near the line
next best thing. The idea is to up any time soon. One of the
get under the board and let the worst things you can do is ditch
wave pass over you. Before you your board to swim under the
attempt this make sure there is wave. Not only will you evennoonebehindyou incase the board tually bring harm to some one
and ruin their session or their new
gets ripped from your hands.
board but will also cut your surf
Step Paddle as hard as you session in half by the amount of
energy you spend chucking your
can. Momentum.
board and trying to get back on
Step With the wave starting it, time and time again.
to break about 3 seconds in
Jay Bowers is a surf
front of you, Tightly grab the
rails near the nose. Holding the instructor and runs Pacific
board, flip your body into the Surf School in Tofino. You
can reach him by email at
water so the board is on the
info@pacificsurfschool.com
surface and you’re under it.
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TFINO TIDE
Twice a Dy — twice the plesure!
brought to you by storm surf
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photo courtesy of ken gibson
What’s in a name?
Neilson (BOND) ISland
by Adrienne Mason
I
t was a dark and stormy
night,” Arline Craig
tells me with a laugh.
“Just like this.” Outside,
it’s howling, wet, and cold.
Inside her cozy home Mrs.
Craig is talking about her
arrival in Clayoquot Sound
in November 1921. Five
The Bond home on Neilson Island, 1965
year-old Arline, her mother
Stella, father Bill, younger brother
Walter, and grandmother Belle
Matheson piled off the Maquinna
with their possessions. They
were shuttled to Stone Island
and dropped off at a house that
hadn’t been lived in for two years.
“It was damp, mouldy, and dark,”
said Arline. “I can smell it yet!”
This was the last leg of a very
tumultuous journey from Vancouver and the beginning of the
Bond family’s long history in
the Tofino area.
Both Bill and Stella Bond
had an affinity for the sea. Stella
grew up in a climate similar to
Tofino’s – foggy San Francisco.
Bill was born in Chelienham,
England. When he was six
months old, his family moved
to Chile where Bill’s father was
a cattle rancher. A 53-day journey by sea brought the Bond
family to Vancouver when Bill
was ten.
Bill grew up helping his
father at a variety of jobs, including construction. He also worked
at the Vancouver Iron Works
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and had a great interest in boats.
Bill was building a 38-foot boat
at Coal Habour when he met
a Mr. Woodworth who owned
the You Mine in Bedwell Sound.
Woodworth suggested that
Bond move to Clayoquot Sound
to start hauling supplies up to
the mine. “Dad liked the water
and roughing it,” said Arline.
Just the qualities needed by
someone settling in the area in
the 1920s!
Bill and Stella packed their
belongings, their two children,
and Stella’s mother, into their
boat and left Vancouver on
October 13th. They made it to
Vancouver Island and were going
to spend the night in Foul Bay
when a policeman warned them
not to anchor; a storm was
coming. The storm hit before
the family was safely anchored,
and they developed engine
trouble off Trial Island. The
Bonds ended up on the rocks,
their boat ruined. They spent
ten days with the O’Kell family
on Trial Island before embarking the Maquinna for the rest
of the journey.
taining the home, children, and large garden,
Stella also home-schooled
her children.
photo: arline craig
As they grew older,
Arline, David, and Dolores
eventually left the island, and
in 1968, Stella, Bill, and Walter moved over to Tofino.
They continued to garden
and Stella found time to
renew her interest in
drawing and painting.
Bill and Stella Bond on their 60th wedding anniversary
Arline remembers her
mother getting right down to
business in their Stone Island
home. They cleaned the house
as best they could, made the
beds, and lit the stove, which
was ready to fall apart. (They
did a quick repair using flour
and salt paste to seal the cracks.)
Eventually, the four-room home
became quite cozy, with a lovely
lawn, fruit trees, flowers, a vegetable garden, and a hedge of
lilac and cedar. Grandma Matheson wasn’t enamoured by pioneering lifestyle though, and
only stayed a few years before
going back to San Francisco.
Woodworth supplied Bill
with a boat and he started to
haul supplies up the mine shortly
after their arrival. He travelled
up to the Bedwell in the 20-foot
boat, then used pack horses and,
if necessary, snowshoes to hike
the 13-mile trail to the mine.
Like many men of the era,
Bill cobbled together a living
doing various jobs. (In his memoirs, The Tofino Kid, Anthony
Guppy recalled, “Bill Bond…
took on most any job, as long
as it was near the sea. He was
one of the ingenious characters who could repair or build
practically anything, from a
little gas engine to a wharf, and
he became an expert at fabri-
cating temporary solutions to
complicated problems.”) Bill
worked for a time with the fisheries patrol, taxiing the fisheries
officer around on his rounds,
and also did carpentry work
and boat repairs. Five years
after his arrival Bill started pile
driving, building wharves and
floats. This type of work became
Bill’s main source of employment until he retired.
The Bond family lived on
Stone Island for five years before
buying Neilson Island, named
after Charles Neilson, who had
the island’s first pre-emption.
There was a tiny house on the
island when they moved, built
for a bachelor, Mr. Baker, a
returned soldier who had to
sell because of ill health. The
Bond’s family was growing, son
David, and daughter Dolores
had been born since arriving
on the west coast, so Bill added
onto the house, eventually raising the roof to add an upper
story. He enlisted Arline’s help
shingling the roof even though
she hated heights. “I did what I
could with my shaky hands, but
I was so scared,” she recalled.
Stella died in September and Bill in December
1978. Walter predeceased
his parents in 1969, but the
couple’s other three children,
as well as many other descendents still live in Tofino. Although marine charts call
the island where the Bond’s
lived for over 40 years Neilson Island, locally it is known
as Bond Island. Their family home is still standing.
Adrienne Mason is a
Tofino writer. You can reach
her at amason@island.net
Thanks, as always, to Ken
Gibson.
Stella and Arline made a
large garden on the island, and
Arline remembers vegetables,
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Zubot & Dawson
No Means No
Saturday, December 3, 2005
Friday, December 9, 2005
Clayoquot Community Theatre
Tickets $25, Doors 7:30pm
The Tofino Legion
Tickets $15, Doors 9pm
Critics have despaired of trying to label the music of Jesse
Zubot and Steve Dawson.
With all its rich influences –
everything from jazz and bluegrass to ethnic, swing, experimental, groove and pop – it
literally defies description. Fortunately, the duo has come up
with its own name for their
unique sound. They call it
“Strang.” In 1998, they recorded
their adventurous and melodious first album, Strang, which
was dazzling enough to please the
critics but accessible enough to
guarantee it a broad and
favourable reception in circles
that ranged from bluegrass and
rock all the way to country.
The album was nominated for
Canada’s prestigious Juno
award, and it won the Best
Roots/Traditional Album
Award at the West Coast Music
Awards. They’ve performed at
most of the major folk and jazz
festivals across the country.
Canada's preeminent power
trio, No Means No have been
abrading delicate ears with
their complex rhythm-heavy
funk-punk and promulgating
leftist social commentary
across North America since
1981. That was the year a couple of nice Canadian boys,
brothers John and Rob
Wright , formally began their
strange sonic experiments that
fused punk with blues, jazz,
funk, metal, and pure noise.
Rhythms and declamatory
lyrics dominated their sound,
a situation that remains true
today after two decades of
developing their sound. The
Wright brothers added a guitarist — first Andrew Kerr
and later Tom Holliston —
but the slashing, sometimes
bluesy guitar parts have always
seemed to work at the service
of the band’s complicated
rhythms, not the other way
around.
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Tiller’s Folley
Dubfreque
Wickaninnish Interpretive Centre
Tofino Legion
Combine the talents of songwriter Bruce Coughlan with
bassist Laurence Knight,
award winning multi-instrumentalist Nolan Murray and
mandolin player Eric Reed,
and you have original highenergy acoustic roots with a
very hip historic nature to it.
Since 1996, Tillers Folly have
been captivating audiences
throughout the world with
their exceptional musicianship, versatility, and passion.
The Vancouver quartet performs high-energy acoustic
roots music with Pacific
Northwest flair. Their unique
blend of roots, bluegrass and
Celtic music along with their
fabulous storytelling has won
them legions of fans throughout North America and
Europe. Concerts are family
oriented. There’s lively music,
some history and lots of fun.
“We are entertaining, we don’t
just play,” says Laurence.
Dubfreque celebrates reggae,
ska, rocksteady & soul. It’s
members are veteran musicians that have played with
the likes of Troublemaica,
Small Axe, Tarig Abouboukar,
The Afro Nubians and Fleetwood Mac. For over three
years now, on stages & dancefloors, nightclubs & community halls, for festivals, parties,
gatherings & fundraisers of all
kinds, this Vancouver group
has combined six unique,
experienced and diverse musicians who all share one goal;
to bring songs, rhythms, harmony, positive energy and the
love of reggae music in all it’s
forms to as many bouncing
souls as possible. In honour
of the release of their debut
album “dubfrequency”,
Dubfreque wishes to invite
you to join them in the pure
pleasure of music, singing &
dancing together.
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Paul Sam
P
love of the arts in his soul.
Paul grew up in Tofino and
went to school in Ucluelet.
Artistic expression
runs strong in his blood,
his mother knits sweaters
and his sisters are avid
beaders. Paul credits his
family for fostering the
Paul’s work can be found
It was John Goodwin
in Tofino at the House of
from Neah Bay that first
Himwitsa Art Gallery and at
taught Paul the art of silver
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carving. Paul has been carving
now for the better part of a
decade and continues to support him self through this art.
Paul designs his own pieces,
inspired by his pride in his
Nuu Chah Nulth heritage.
aul was born in
Tofino, to Dixon
and Cora Sam in
1956. His family is from
the village of Ahousat, 12
miles north of Tofino on
Flores Island.
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His pieces are known for their
creative composition.
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“At this point I knew
there was meaning in these
pieces. My dad gave me a
chainsaw and I started my
first piece.”
He describes his Tikis as
ancient Gods of creativity. He
spent about 50 hours on this
first piece. A friend heard
about it and offered to buy it;
it was on display at the
Lounge Collection where
the Tofitian is now.
He now works mostly
with Red and Yellow
Cedar, and Yew that he
salvages from clear-cuts.
Artists like Wayne Adams,
Aaron Marshall, and
many of the Nuu-ChahNulth carvers have provided him with his
inspiration.
Sam Plumley
M
iles Samuel Plumley has spent half
his life being homeschooled in the rainforests of
Tofino and the other half
deep in the forests of Northern Ontario. He credits his
father with teaching him
the intricacies of wood art.
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In his young
career he says he
has produced “a few Tiki’s,
some in pairs, some solo;
pedestals, end-tables, and
building embellishments.”
His other interests are
playing music, making art,
boats, and helping with the
gardens at Clayoquot Island
Preserve.
Sam was born in Bancroft
Ont., on December 14, 1984.
When he was 16-years-old he
started turning wooded bowls
Visit Sam’s Tikis at
and boxes with his father Keith.
When he was 17 his father and Enchanted in Tofino.
Tofino artist Aaron Marshall
took Miles to a clear-cut and
each carved a Tiki.
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photo: lisa fletcher — male model: adam buskard
Hard Time
by Greg Blanchette
I
‘ate dis time of year,”
Foofie said. She took an
angry sip of her latte and
glared at me as though it were
my fault. “Me too,” Babs said,
also looking. I sighed.
again with da local girls. As
though we been sleeping
under a log all summer.”
Foof growled. She is, to put
it gently, cute but plump — very
plump, and hardly the textbook
“You see it ‘appening right picture of desirable young womafter Labour Day,” Foofie said, anhood our charming culture
paints. With that Gallic attitude,
in her charming accent. “All
though, I bet she’d be holy dynada college girls goes back to
school and suddenly da guys mite in bed. If I were 20 years
younger I’d sure be swimming
in town are like deer in the
headlights: ‘Huh? What hap- for her stream.
pen?’ Dere summer sex is gone,
Babs crossed her legs
the days gets short and dey
demonstratively, which is somestart to panic. Suddenly dey
realize it’s going to be a long thing to see. “Take me, for
winter, so dey get all friendly example,” she said. “Zip, nada,
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perennials • vegetables • herbs • aquatic plants
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no sex all summer, and now all
of a sudden I got more dates ‘n
I know what to do with. Well,
two, anyhow. And both of them
positively gushing with tenderness and unperishable love. How
can I respect guys like that?”
listen to over and over. This is
what passes for a relationship
in my life.
“Oh, re-e-eally?” Babs said.
She’s at that ripe, 30-something age where women are
said to reach their prime, and
“But what choice do you she oozes a sexual confidence
‘ave?” Foof said. “It’s not like that both impresses and scares
dere’s an overstock of guys in me. It’d be like jumping into
town — at least guys you might bed with two ocelots. “And,
want to coucher avec.” There pray tell, who is this paragon?”
was a pause around the table.
I sipped my steamed soy
We knew we were all facing the
same stark fact: The coast is an milk mysteriously. I don’t
want to jinx it, I mumbled.
exceedingly dark and lonely
place to spend the winter when
“Why the big secret?”
you’re single.
Babs said. “Two people attracted
to each other… that’s beautiful.
I broke my big news.
Ladies, I said, this very week, It’s the dance of love. Maybe we
can help you out. Besides,” she
almost as we speak, I have
added sarcastically, “you know
been placing the moves on a
woman in town. We click like we’re going to find out, small
town and all.”
crazy on the phone, but do
you think we can manage to
I mentioned the woman’s
get an inch beyond that? It’s
like Mission: Impossible for us name, and Babs’ eyebrows
arched up. “Interesting,” she
to get together in person.
said.
Usually we just end up
I shrugged. It’s like Foofie
leaving each other messages.
I call, she’s working. She calls pointed out, I said — not a
big pool, you take what you
back, I’m on the Internet. If
on some rare occasion we do can get. Look, you two are
connect, we plan something, charming and pleasant. You
then she suddenly has to go out know everybody in town from
of town. Or some unmissable working at the bakery. Plus
meeting crops up for me. The you’re women, for gosh sake.
entire courtship to this point You bond with people autoconsists of one awkward coffee matically, it’s in your genes.
Me, I’m moody and difficult.
date and half a dozen saved
messages on voice mail that I Even I wouldn’t advise a
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woman to get involved
with me. Guys don’t
have it so easy.
They all but jumped
on me. Foofie said. “You
t’ink I ‘ave it easy?”
Sure, I said. You’re
in your 20s. What have
you got to do in life but
try out new things? Pick
up anything or anyone
that looks the slightest
bit intriguing, just to see
if you like it. By the time
you hit 40, though, you
know what you like.
You’ve established a life.
You’ve got a taste in music,
foods you like, activities
that satisfy you. You’ve
made up a routine and it
suits you. You’re a mature
person.
But so is your
prospective girlfriend —
except all her preferences
have nothing to do with
yours. Trying to engage
two lives like that… in
your 20s it’s as simple as
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clasping another hand,
fingers intertwined. By
age 40 it’s like trying to
mesh two combs — two
custom-designed combs
with a thousand teeth
each. Impossible!”
“It doesn’t make sense,”
said Babs. “How many lonely
people can there be in a onehorse town like this? In any
kind of sensible world there
wouldn’t be more than one. If
there were two, they’d find
each other.”
“‘Un-dreds,” said Foofie,
Foofie, the militant
deliberately exaggerating her
romantic, muttered darkly accent. “‘Undreds of people,
in French.
craving human contact. It’s
so sad.”
“Mm, there is something to what he says,”
“What this town needs
mused Barb, pursing her is a matchmaker,” Babs said.
lips. “A certain twisted,
“Or an Orphan’s Club. Someclueless guy-logic.”
where for single people to go
and be with other people.”
I rolled my eyes. I’m
doing what I can, I said.
“Oh, yah,” Foofie said.
I just don’t want to end
“We could call it the Pat’etic
up caving in on myself
Losers Club. Who’d join
again.
somet’ing like dat? You might
as well just go to da bar and
“I know what you
pick someone up.”
mean there,” Babs said.
“You stop answering the
It’s not about sex, I said,
phone; eventually it stops it’s about companionship. It’s
ringing; you end up hardly about having someone to talk
leaving the house for weeks to on those endless winter
on end. I never want to go evenings.
through another winter
like last year. It’s too hard.”
“Balls. It’s the sex,”
growled Babs, and I bumped
And yet, I said, how my estimate to three ocelots.
many people have awful, “Just kidding!” she said. “But
lonely winters, even in a it’s true, you know: In Tofino
tiny town like Tofino?
come winter it’s all about the
Dozens, probably.
cord of wood, the warm body
and the cable connection.
And let’s face it, none of us
are scoring three out of three.
I can’t even get any dry wood
delivered.”
Eric began closing down
the counter. The café was empty,
our lattes done, the sun had
deserted the sky. Traffic on the
street had dwindled to nothing,
and the rains of Noah looked
to be starting up. Before us in
the twilight loomed three empty
apartments, each surrounded
(it seemed) by the shacked-up
clinging hard to each other,
and by the married growing
increasingly smug with every
passing month.
We stood. I held the door
for the girls, who dashed to
their cars and drove away. I
pulled up my collar and started
a quick slog up the hill. It’s a
hard time of year, I thought.
Let’s be good to ourselves and
each other.
Greg Blanchette is a reluctant bachelor pushing 50, who
dearly hopes we can all just get
along. He can be reached at
aimless_1@fastmail.fm.
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he giving of gifts has come
to mean Christmas, and
the season itself. The gifting is what all the advertising
is about and what can lead to
excess baggage in one’s life.
How does one navigate through
such a pervasive and commercial season? Some try to avoid
it altogether, some love to
shop, some try to find a spiritual path, some circle with
uncertainty, others dive deep
into the waters of traditions
both young and old.
Here are some locally
made gift ideas for the
rather diverse and often
idiosyncratic population
of Tofino.
For the pagan.
Make some candles at home –
roll up colourful sheets of
beeswax with wick inside and
presto! Happy Solstice!
For those from here and
away who love to read.
Local literature to evoke the
feeling of the coast and its people.
“Silent Inlet” by Joanna Streetly,
“Chasing Clayoquot” by David
Pitt-Brook or “The Wild Edge”
by Jacqueline Windh.
Supplies available at:
The Crow’s Nest, Ucluelet.
For the disenchanted and
cynical. Also for the
hopeless romantic.
Tofino Stone Poetry by Jan
McDougall. “Choose your
stone, choose your poem.”
Available at: Wildside Booksellers
This little gift works for who
loves to stand high up on
For the Carpenter.
rocky crevices, clutching their
Gift certificate for lunch at Sobo’s hearts, singing to the sea… It
can be tossed into the ocean
Available at: Sobo
like a message in a bottle for
some future beach walker to
Gift Certificate for a massage.
receive.
Available from: the many
Available at:
masseuses and spas in town.
Reflecting Spirit gallery.
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For the recovering
romantic.
A hot stone massage, to
help balance chakras and
ground that flighty energy.
TfinTime .cm
Gifted. The local guide
to gifts & people
Available from: Pretty much
any masseuse in town.
For the Toddler
in your life.
A handknitted hat, choose
from different knitters, each
with their own style – textured yarn, froggy shaped,
and more…
Available at: The Lounge
Collection and Shorewind
Gallery.
activities | events | lodging | food
photos | directory | forecasts | maps
artists | history | calendar
and much | much | more…
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For the art lover.
Reproductions, in sticker form
of some of the fantastical magic
painted by Aaron Marshal.
Or go for the print.
Available at:
The Lounge Collection
For the surfer.
A Cold Surf Company leash.
A locally shaped surfboard.
Available at your local surf shop.
For the want to be surfer.
For the sculler living on
the edges where water
A gift certificate for surf lessons.
meets land.
Available from: One of the
Knitted woolen warm hats
many Surf schools in town.
and mittens.
For those who love.
Chocolates hand formed with
loving care and attention to
taste and form.
Available at: Chocolate Tofino.
Available at: The Winter’s People Art Show.
For the pugnacious person.
A gift certificate for a relaxing
stint at one of the local spas.
For children.
A Swim Pass.
Available at:
MacKenzie Beach Resort.
For the absentee
landowner.
Subscription to The Westerly
News
One of Adrienne Mason’s
book’s for children.
Available at:
Wildside Booksellers.
Available at:
The Westerly News, Box 317
Ucluelet, bc v0r 3a0
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For the grandparent.
For purveyors of body art.
Get out the paint, glue, collections of cedar sprigs, salal leaves,
shells, etc… Make cards and
little ornaments. Made with
love and stickiness.
There are many shapers of metal
and twisters of wire, and
beaders of beads in this town.
Available at: The Winter’s People
Art Show. Most local galleries
For the hardy westcoaster. carry local work.
The price of gas is up, why not
take your bike to work instead
– Gift certificate for tune-up
to make your winter riding –
blissful.
Available from: Marc Vezina
For the mermaid in your
life.
Bubbling bath salts – various
scents to refresh or calm.
Available at: Fiber Options
For those living in bushes, For the parents of small
tents, campers, vans, and
children, the computer
other such dwellings.
geek, and those who work
more than one job.
Stone candle holders made by
Alex Cutler.
A sampling of salves, and tonics from clayoquot botanicals
Available at:
– to keep the body buzzing.
Reflecting Spirit Gallery
Available from: Tofitian.
For the westcoast prima
donna.
Hoodie by Dianne,
For a made-in-Tofino binge
go to the Winter’s People art
show at the Tofino Community Hall on Sunday Dec 11,
from 11:00 - 4:00, where local
Capelet & wand by Lisa Jewel,
artisans are selling their arts
she makes stockings too!
and crafts.
Available at: Boutique Upstairs.
Available at:
The Lounge Collection.
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Cougars
by Sean McCarroll
T
hey are one of the
most elusive and
mysterious creatures
roaming the woods of
Clayoquot Sound. Their
secretive habits and highly
evolved predatory abilities
intrigue us, but they have
also made cougars the subject of irrational fears and
misconceptions. Most people, however, will live their
whole lives with out so much
as a glimpse of Canada’s
largest cat, much less a confrontation.
summer Bob Hansen, the Pacific
Rim National Park’s wildlife
specialist, began the WildCoast
project aimed at detecting
cougar populations in the area.
He uses tracks, scat, trip cameras, and scent lures that snag
hair in order to pinpoint the
number of cougars in the area
as well as their sex and age. He
says that part of the problem of
getting this information is that
cougars, by nature, are extremely
elusive most of the time.
Their scientific name is
Felis Concolor, but they are also
known as mountain lions, panCougar sightings
around Tofino and Ucluelet thers, pumas, and even “ghostare not uncommon. Last walkers.” They are large, solitary
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hunters that once inhabited the
whole of North America. Habitat destruction and “population
controls” wiped out cougar
populations on the east coast
and they are now confined to
the west. Recent findings have
shown that small populations
of cougars have started returning to areas in the east coast
but, by far, the highest density
of cougar populations is right
here on Vancouver Island.
In order to strive, they
require extensive, undisturbed
forest. They can live in a wide
range of habitats, from wet
coastal marshes to rocky
mountain regions. They are
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Bob Hansen says that it is
during the period when these
young cougars are looking for
their own home range that
people have sightings around
Tofino and Ucluelet. The immature cats lack the survival skills
that come with time. They are
An average adult male cat attracted to the fringes of towns
in search of deer and raccoons.
weighs between 80 and 180
pounds and the female between Every year there are typically a
80 and 125 pounds. Their fur is series of sightings close together
short and reddish-brown to grey- and then none until next year.
brown with a white underside.
Attacks on humans are
One unique characteristic is
their long, black-tipped tails, extremely rare, but they happen
more on Vancouver Island than
that can stretch up to oneanywhere else in the world. Bob
third their total body length.
Hansen says that it is a “low,
One of the main reasons but real risk where we live.”
Cougars so easily capture our
The best way to avoid an
imaginations is that they are
attack is to prevent encounexceptionally well-equipped
ters. Stay away from areas that
predators. They have a small
head but muscular jaws and a are known to have cougar
activity. Never approach a
wide mouth that holds long
canine teeth designed to clamp cougar, they are unpredictable
down on prey much larger than are very capable of quickly
itself. They are capable of killing attacking.
a 600-pound moose or elk but
If you come across a cougar
their primary prey is deer; they
it is best to immediately try to
also feed on wild sheep, elk,
rabbits, beaver, raccoons, grouse, scare it away; don’t stop to take
and occasionally livestock. Once pictures. Remain calm, do not
turn and run. Make yourself as
they have their prey in their
grasp they use smaller razor sharp large as possible, wave your arms,
teeth specially adapted for cut- grab a stick and wave it as well,
ting meat, tendons, and sinews. make a lot of noise and slowly
back away facing the animal.
If the cougar starts closing the
They are most active at
dusk and dawn but will hunt distance between you, then you
at any time of the day or night must become more aggressive.
Throw rocks, sticks, dirt and
and in all seasons.
yell at the cat. If you are attacked
They are territorial animals; the sensitive areas to go for are
the males keep a much larger the cat’s eyes and nose.
territory than the females and
Sean McCarroll is an outthey come into contact with
each other only to mate. There door and travel writer from
is no fixed mating season, but Nova Scotia. He is spending a
month in Tofino to recover from
typically 1-6 kittens are born
his journalism studies at the
midsummer. After about 18
months the young cougars leave University of King’s College.
their mothers and attempt to
find an unoccupied territory
for their own.
also excellent swimmers and
have been sighted on nearly
every island in Clayoquot
Sound. The Queen Charlotte
Islands are the only area of
British Columbia where they
have not yet populated.
Nestled in the forest,
mere steps away from the
expanse of Chesterman
Beach sits the African
Beach Cabin. The spirit of
the west coast is embodied in this cozy cabin —
from its natural timber
framing to the cedar
boardwalk that winds its
way through the coastal
conifers. The generous
use of wood and natural
fibres throughout creates
a sense of peace and intimacy that is perfect for
the tranquil retreat you
are looking for. A gourmet
breakfast awaits you in
the morning!
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Silent Inlet
by Joanna Streetly, Published by Oolichan Books
H
showing how each one sees life,
anson Sound is a fictional area on the west without “seeing” each others’
coast of Vancouver Island. lives. Although they are separated by their age, sex and culThe novel begins at winter tural background, they are
solstice, the darkest time of the connected by the wild place in
which they live. They recognize
year. Amid storms wind and
rain, the lives of four very dif- this thread in each other when
the four of them are stormferent characters intersect.
bound on Harry’s island. Initially, this understanding
Harry Farre is a feisty
woman in her sixties who lives carries them along on a wave of
primitively on an island in the mutual acceptance; however, a
middle of Hanson Sound. Her violent accident brings discord
daughter, Hannah is returning which spirals their lives quickly
home after a failed relationship. into chaos. Only when they
renew their elemental underBig Mack Stanley is a native
man in his late thirties, beset by standing of one another, can
the troubles of his upbringing. they start afresh.
His orphaned nephew, Lonny,
Silent Inlet reaches for the
is ten years old, desperate for
love and security. These char- raw physicality of people and
place: people who are caught in
acters all struggle with issues
the sea of turbulence, hardship
of parenthood.
and brilliance that characterEach chapter of this book izes the west coast. The story
is told by a different character, brings the elemental atmos-
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phere of the east coast novel
in which the reader can grasp
genre to a more complex, wild the diversity of human lives,
setting.
as shaped by history and the
forces of nature.
The challenge of this novel
is to paint the west coast through
Joanna Streetly’s books are
different eyes; to lay out a spec- available in Tofino at Wildside
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CMMUNITY CALNDr
DEC.
mon
Community
Computer Lab
Wickaninnish School
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu 4-8pm
Cost $8 per hour
High speed internet
available to the public.
DEC.
mon
Archery
Instructional
DEC.
Vinyasa Yoga
mon
Tofino Community Hall
Mon & Wed 6:30-8:30pm
with Natalie Rousseau
Cost: $10 per class
Vinyasa style flow class
that can be modified for
all levels.Call 725-8363
DEC.
basic recurve bow archery. Everyone welcome. No
Beginners are welcome. experience neccessary.
All equipment provided.
DEC.
Indoor Tot Soccer
mon
Mon
2:30 pm
Soccer for children aged
3-6 years old starts up
this fall. Enjoy a sensational season of soccer
fun. This group will
focus on skill development, teamwork and
fun. Participants will
receive a Soccer T-Shirt.
Coaches Gord Johns &
Miriam Turner.
tue
Table Tennis
tue
Wickaninnish School
Soundwaves
Mondays
7-8pm tue Community Choir
11 to 111 years $4 drop in Wickaninnish School
This 8 week course will Tuesdays 7-9pm
introduce participants to Cost $1 drop in
DEC.
DEC.
Parent/Child
Preschool Drop-in
Wickaninnish School
Tuesdays
8:45 – 9:45
All equipment supplied.
tue
Drop-In
Batminton
Wickaninnish School
Tuesdays 8-10pm
Cost $2
Join Mike White for some
wild and crazy badminton.
It’s great exercise and a
swinging good time on
a rainy evening.
DEC.
Tai Chi
tue
All levels Vinyasa style
flow class that can be
modified for all levels.
Call 725-8363
DEC.
wed
Archery
Instructional
Wickaninnish School
Wednesdays
7-8pm
11 to 111 years $4 drop in
Practice only.
DEC.
Community
Computer Lab
Wickaninnish School
Wickaninnish School
Tues, Thu,
6:30 – 8pm Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu 4-8pm
Cost
$5 drop in Cost $8 per hour
DEC.
Stretch/Tai Chi
for Seniors
High speed internet
DEC.
thu
DEC.
thu
Mon & Wed 6:30-8:30pm
with Natalie Rousseau
Cost: $10 per class
wed
Parents/caregivers must
supervise their own kids. Instructor Tim Cariou
teaches traditional Tai
DEC.
Aquafit
Chi, an evolution of
tue
meditation, yoga and
MacKenzie Beach Pool
self defense.
Tue & Fri
8:30-9:15am
Cost 6/$35, $6 drop in
Vinyasa Yoga
wed
Wickaninnish School
Tue, 7-9pm
Cost $1
DEC.
DEC.
Parent/Child
Preschool Drop-in
Community
Computer Lab
Wickaninnish School
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu 4-8pm
Cost $8 per hour
High speed internet
DEC.
Aquafit
fri
MacKenzie Beach Pool
Tue & Fri
8:30-9:15am
Cost 6/$35, $6 drop in
Join Leah Austin for this
low impact, cardio exercise.
DEC.
fri
Stretch/Tai Chi
for Seniors
Wed & Fri
5-6pm
Free!
This Stretch/Tai-Chi class
is geared for seniors with
different levels of fitness.
Register at 725-3229.
DEC.
fri
Preschool
Playgroup
Wickaninnish School
Thursdays
8:45 – 9:45 Fridays
10am-11:30am
Parents/caregivers must By Donation
wed
Join instructor Leah
Austin for this low
supervise their own kids. Here is a great opportu5-6pm
impact, cardio exercise. Wed & Fri
nity for Parents and Tots
DEC.
Free!
Tai Chi
to get out and socialize
DEC.
thu
Community
with other parents and
This
Stretch/Tai-Chi
class
DEC.
tue Computer Lab
Indoor Soccer
tots to burn off some
is geared for seniors with Wickaninnish School
mon
Wickaninnish School
6:30 – 8pm energy at the same time.
different levels of fitness. Tues, Thu,
Wickaninnish School
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu 4-8pm Register at 725-3229.
Cost
$5 drop in Children must have adult
Mondays
8-10pm Cost $8 per hour
Instructor Tim Cariou to accompany them.
Cost $2 drop in
teaches traditional Tai
High speed internet
Chi.
Inside shoes only in gym available to the public.
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CMMUNITY CALNDr
DEC.
Roman Catholic
Mass
DEC.
Starlight
Extravaganza
DEC.
Mother Goose
scrap paper and turn it
sat
into beautiful recycled
St. Francis of Assisi
Shelter Restaurant
Clayoquot Comm. Theatre paper! Everyone welSaturdays
5pm Sat Dec.3
6pm Mon Dec.5 & 12 10-11am come; donations appreModays 10-11am.
Free ciated in support of ric
Roman Catholic Mass
This third annual gala
programs.
at 400 Block Main St.
dinner is in support of
Mother Goose stories
the
Tofino
Hospital
and
songs
for
children
DEC.
DEC.
Tofino
CBT
Foundation. For more
and parents
Bible
Fellowship
Directors Meeting
sun
information contact
DEC.
Wickaninnish School
Ittatsoo Community Hall
Introduction to
Erika at 725-2954.
3
5
10
Sundays
Non-Denominational
at 431 Gibson Street
DEC.
sun
Sunday
Mass
Saint Columba Church
Sundays
9am
Anglican/United Mass
at 110 Second Street
DEC.
3
5
10:30am
Scrapbooking
Location to be determined
Sat Dec 3
1pm–5 pm
Experienced scrapbook
instructor has the tools
and idea books, some
stickers and paper to
purchase, and we’ll all
share some inspiration.
Have fun preserving all
those special moments
and creating some new
ones! Refreshments and
some special treats for all.
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Christmas Bazzar
Web Design
Sat Dec 10, 2005 10am-3pm
NIC Ucluelet Center
Dec 5-14 Mon & Wed 2-5pm
Please contact Iris at
725-2219 to confirm
Tofino Legion
Instructor John Platenius your attendance, or if
Sat Dec 3
11am-3pm will teach the basics of
you have any questions.
Join St Francis of Assisi building web sites. Call
DEC.
Tofino Natural
for their annual Bazaar. 726-2697 for more details
Heritage AGM
There will crafts and
DEC.
2nd Annual PRVC 210 Main Street
goodies, poinsettias,
Christmas Gala
Sat Dec 10
1pm
door prizes, and hot
Wickaninnish Int. Centre
lunches. Auction will
Sat Dec 10
7:30 pm
held at 12:30
DEC.
Mall Rats
Mingle
with
new
and
ole
DEC.
Nanaimo Trip
How Nature prefriends alike, while sipping
pares for Winter
Departs at Village Green
a fine red a refreshing
Raincoast Interpr. Centre white or your favourite
Sat Dec 10
8:30am
Sat Dec.3rd 11am-12:30 pm lager. A very lively live
Return to Tofino approx
auction followed by toe 7:30 pm. Participants will
A fun and educational
tapping and dancing
be dropped off at home.
program for kids. Just
before the turn of win- music by Tillers Folly to $20 Ages11+. Get out of
round out the evening… town and catch an afterter, come and learn
Designated driver service noon movie in Nanaimo.
about what the coldest
provided by Tofino Bus
months on the West
DEC.
Mother Goose
Coast mean for local
DEC.
Make your own
plants and animals. This
Paper
Clayoquot Comm. Theatre
program includes some
fun games and activities. Raincoast Interpr. Centre Mon Dec.5 & 12 10-11am
Sat Dec 10th
12-5 pm Modays 10-11am.
Free
Suggested age 6 +;
donations appreciated
Try making some unique Mother Goose stories
paper (great paper for gift and songs for children
cards). Bring in some
and parents.
3
10
10
10
3
10
12
DEC.
13
La Leche League
Wickaninnish School
Tues Dec 13
4-5:30pm
The art of breastfeeding
and overcoming difficulties. For more information call Margaret at
726-2313
DEC.
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Snowboarding at
Mt. Washington
Departs at Village Green
Sat Dec 17
6am sharp!
Return to Tofino approx
9 pm—participants will
be dropped off at home.
April and Matt 12-17
years. Ahh… snow.
Head to the mountain
for a day on the slopes.
Participants should pack
a lunch, plenty of water
and some spending
money for a snack stop
on the way home (we
like the Courtney “Subway”). Register early as
this program always fills
quickly.
$45 with own equipment
$59 w/o own ski equipment
$69 w/o own snowboard
equipment
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December ’05
YOUR HOROSCOPE
by Karedwyn Bird
Aries
March 20 — April 19
The two steps forward,
one step back dance
you’ve been doing for
the past couple months changes
after December 9th, and projects
you have started begin to progress
- slowly. The universe is giving you
the chance to learn patience, dear
Ram, and this is a good thing, for
no great works happen abruptly.
So relax. Instead of dashing about
like the March Hare in Alice in
Wonderland, learn to be as calm as
Buddha. Create a prosperity consciousness with regards to time,
for in the wise words of Lao Tzu,
“When you realize there is nothing
lacking, the whole world belongs
to you.”
Taurus
April 20 — May 19
Energy tends to move
in a circular fashion.
The planets around the
sun, electrons spinning around the
nucleus, the path of lightning, the
breath in your body. This easily
demonstratable law of nature
applies to both the seen and
unseen energies, and is the basis
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for the concept of karma. What goes
around comes around. What you sow
is what you reap. So whatever you’ve
got on your christmas list, be it love
or prosperity, give some of it away. Tip
panhandlers. Practice random acts of
kindness. Make peace with your
adversaries. And then have a very very
merry christmas !
Gemini
May 20 — June 20
A serene saturday on December the 3rd, and the pace
picks up shortly thereafter.
An opportune time to delicately discuss
indelicate issues arises on both the 4th
and the 10th when the planet of love
sashays with your ruler, communicative
Mercury. Midmonth brings the light of a
Gemini Full Moon to the long cold nights,
and new information may catalyze significant events in your life at this time.
Whatever challenges you encounter now
may be your greatest teachers, and detours may turn out to be the destination.
Cancer
June 21 — July 21
December begins and ends
with a New Moon, a black
moon, a moon you can’t see.
At these darkest nights of the month, at
the darkest time of the year, the seeds
of your intentions may germinate and
sprout roots. Become a connoisseur of
what is possible; set your aims high.
In the words of Henry Ford, “If you think
you can, or if you think you can’t,
you’re right !”So change the world by
changing your mind. The Full Moon on
the 15th is a powerful and revealing
lunation bringing opportunities for major
breakthroughs on both a personal and
a global level.
Leo
July 22 — August 22
Taking care of business keeps
your daily planner full for
most of this month. The New
Moon on the 1st is a perfect time to
envision the heights you aspire to; let
that be your guiding light through this
darkest time of the year. Midmonth, the
Full Moon illuminates the changes you
need to make in order to reach your
goals. Winter Solstice on the 21st represents a turning point, and the light
of your great ruler, the Sun, will start
to grow stronger ,giving you more daylight hours to get all that work done!
Meantime, remember that a diamond
was once only a piece of charcoal that
handled pressure exceptionally well !
www.tofinotime.com
Aug. 23 — September 21
Happiness, says Yogi Arit
Desal, is not a destination.
It is the attitude with which
you choose to travel. This month, dear
Virgo, free yourself from prejudices by
cultivating a sense of astonished openness. Two New Moons beginning and
ending the month make this a particularly potent time for affirmations and
intentions. The Full Moon on the 15th,
arriving six days before the Solstice,
highlights where revision and restructure
are needed. So begin the breakdown of
the old order.Now. Inside of you.
Libra
Sept. 22 — Oct. 22
Criticism contracts, shrinks
and shrivels whatever it
touches. It’s the easiest thing
to do and also the least productive. So
if you can’t say anything nice about
yourself or someone else, say something
nice anyway, even if you have to invent
it! The opportune time for this is always
and especially the first half of December
when issues that need healing in your
relationships with others and yourself
may come to your attention. The healing
power of love is a gift that the whole
world needs this Christmas ; it is environmentally friendly, completely recyclable,
and perfect for any and all budgets !
Scorpio
Oct.23 — Nov.21
The Full Moon on the 15th
of this month features Pluto,
the agent of transformation,
so get ready for a little shapeshifting!
Start to become the change you want
to see in the world. Passions will run
high, and falsehoods will be challenged
as the high white light of the moon
shines down into the deepest darkness.
Any bogeymen under your bed? Now is
the time to rout them out. Open wide
the doors of your heart and invite someone in. Carpe Diem - Seize the Day !
www.tofinotime.com
Sagittarius
Nov.22 — Dec.21
Almost five years beyond the
predicted end of the world,
and you get to have another
birthday! This is cause for mighty celebration, time to throw caution to the
wind, time to let your light shine! Live
each precious day with the knowledge
of your mortality, and, as the Chinese
proverb goes - Enjoy yourself - It’s later
than you think. Why postpone Heaven?
New Moons on the 1st and the 30th
make this month a perfect time to effect
changes in your life through the power
of positive affirmation. Why not end
the year with the best beginning you
can dream up ?
Capricorn
Dec.22 — Jan.19
One of the most important
decisions you can make,
Einstein once observed, is
whether the world is hostile or friendly.
Since there’s no way to establish, beyond
a reasonable doubt, which of these views
is true, you might as well go for the one
that works the best. Let’s try friendly
first, seeing as how it’s Christmas n’all.
Stop watching the news and read only
the comic section of the paper. Hang
out with the nicest people you know
and find a Tiny Tim to give a turkey to.
The potential for transformation is strong
at the Full Moon on the 15th, and the
Sun enters your sign soon after, on the
21st. Have a happy and friendly Solstice!
Aquarius
Jan.20 — Feb.17
A visionary New Moon on
the 1st is followed by a
headliner of a Full Moon on
the 15th, shining down into one of
the deepest darkest nights of the
whole year. The shadows and whatever has been lurking in them is
exposed and illuminated. Remember
that change often emerges from chaos
and courage, from facing fear.
This energy is strong and lasts
up to the Solstice on the 21st the strengthening of the light,
the return of the Sun.Turn your
face towards it then, and the
shadows will fall behind you.
Pisces
Feb. 18 — March 19
This holiday season,
Pisces, why not give
yourself the opportunity to see the world in a refreshing new way - pick up a copy of
Masaru Emoto’s New York Times
Bestseller “The Hidden Messages
in Water”.This little gem of a book
documents changes that occurred
in frozen water crystals when exposed to focused thoughts. Negative thoughts resulted in deformed
and shrunken patterns, while
thoughts of love and gratitude
created complex and beautiful
crystals. Since humans and the
earth are composed mostly of
water, these findings have great
implications in our quest for
global and personal healing and
renewal - the best Christmas
present anyone could wish for !
Karedwyn Bird has
lived in Tofino off and on
for the last twenty years.
She’s been studying astrology for the last ten. You can
contact her for your personal reading by email at
rainsongstudio@hotmail.com
TfinTime .cm
Virgo
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Tofino Profile:
Marion Syme
S
by Shirley Langer
ome people I approach
about being the subject
of a profile say no right
away. Others agree to think
about it for a day or so, but still
end up saying no. The main
reason is privacy, not wanting
to be part of the public domain.
Then there are the modest ones
who insist they have nothing
interesting to say. Everybody is
unique, I tell them. Everybody
has a story to tell. But it’s understandable, isn’t it? There you are,
in black & white, under scrutiny,
available for judgment. Marion is
a very modest person; she thought
about my invitation for several days.
Fortunately, she broke through
her modesty, and said yes.
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Everything about Marion is
understated. She wears muted
colours. She speaks softly. She’s
careful about not being intrusive. Her art, though, shows us
another facet—a Marion that
is urbane, witty, whimsical and
humorous. This is evident in
the postcards Marion recently
designed and sells under her
trade name, Clayoquot Eclectic,
and all the posters she’s designed
for successive Lantern Festivals,
Oyster Festivals, and Raincoast
Interpretive Center programs.
All are typical of this artist’s
imagination. Marion also
designs the Friends of Clayoquot Sound Newsletter.
www.tofinotime.com
Marion knew by her early
teens that she wanted to be
involved in the art world. In
the late ‘70s she attended art
college in Edmonton. Her first
paying art job was with Edmonton’s ITV Studio doing animation. She saved enough money
in a year to realize a dream she
had had since high school, reinforced by art history courses—
to backpack around Europe,
which she did for six months.
Thrilled to see originals by some
of Europe’s great masters, it
was the contemporary art that
stimulated Marion to enroll in
the Emily Carr College of Art
when she returned. She graduated in inter-disciplinary studies, largely printmaking and
painting. During our conversation, Marion reveals she can
draw and paint in a representational, even very realistic style.
But that’s not what she likes
to do, preferring subjects that,
though natural, are not necessarily representational.
weekend, hiking and camping
in the mountains. They began
thinking where they could live
that had rural aspects, a community, and was not a “hick”
town. Tofino fit the bill. They
bought property, and contracted
Peter Stade of Ucluelet to build
their house. The design of the
house earned Peter a West Coast
Award for a house design less
than 2500 square feet.
No one I have interviewed
has ever said they dislike Tofino.
Marion’s face lit up when she
said, “ I love it here!” Then she
elaborated with an interesting
analogy. “I feel like an invasive
species, like the Scotch broom
plant that can’t really be eradicated from the place it landed
and rooted.” Marion can trace
her family roots back to the
Mayflower pilgrims and the
United Empire Loyalists who
fled to Canada in order to remain
loyal to Britain. Despite such
a family history, she feels all
Canadians are recently-rooted
After graduation, Marion folks compared to Canada’s
scored a dream job with the
indigenous people, and she
Greater Vancouver Parks Depart- respects that.
ment melding two things she
loves—drawing and nature.
In their few years here,
For ten years she worked pro- Marion and husband Michael
ducing a variety of artwork for have contributed significantly
posters, maps, signs, educational to Tofino life. It is they who
material and promotional stuff have established the increasingly
—all hands-on work. She also fabulous annual Lantern Festival.
became skilled in using com- Each year Marion creates more
puters for design.
lanterns, holds creative workshops for the public, helps put
Marion and husband
the show up and take it down,
Michael Tilitzky, and son Liam then stores the lanterns in a
have lived in Tofino five and a crawl space under her house.
half years. I ask her as I do all That’s dedication.
people, Why Tofino? Marion,
as it turns out, is a dedicated
Marion is an artist who has
outdoorswoman. Raised on a “an aversion” to calling herself
small farm on the outskirts of an artist. Nevertheless, she is
Abbotsford when it was small going to have a show.
and rural, she grew up roaming
the back roads of the Fraser
Starting November 21st, a
Valley on horseback. In Vancou- body of work on paper called
ver, she and husband Michael Waves will be on display and
escaped the city every possible for sale at Sobo restaurant.
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“What has prompted
you to finally come out and
exhibit?” I ask, knowing
that Marion doesn’t even
sign her name to the many
things she has produced
around town. “Though I’ve
been producing art for years,
I have had to overcome
considerable reticence about
‘showing and selling’, she
said. “Money is the last thing
most artists think about.
If I were independently
wealthy, I would give all my
work away. I want to help
make a living for my family, and being able to do
so via my art is a bonus.”
Speaking of the local
art scene, she laments that
work by most local artists
is largely seen in the retail
sector competing with
dozens of non-local artists.
“It would be great if there
was a community art center where talented local
artists could exhibit their
work in a less commercial
atmosphere.”
Marion Syme is an
artist with a social conscience. Through her art,
she wants to show how
privileged we are to live in
a place of such tremendous
ecological significance, and
promote awareness of the
fact that Tofino is located
in a Biosphere Reserve.
She does that, in her
own subtle way.
HAPPY
HOLIDAYS!
we want to thank everone
who has contributed to the
success of tofinotime magazine during the year of 2005.
writers •• george bradd • jan
brubacher • dave bird •
karedwyn
bird
•
greg
blanchette • jay bowers •
marilyn brewer • adam
buskard • jillian dickens •
jenn dart • peter devries •
adrian dorst • lisa fletcher •
dan harrison • bonny glambeck • david griffith • malcolm johnson • shirley langer
• dan lewis • christy lindell •
janice lore • christine lowther
• sean maccarrol • kate
maclennan • adrienne mason
• trina mattson • miche milford • marcia moncur • jay
mohl • caron olive • josie
osborne • rod palm • george
patterson • susan payne •
sarah platenius • jen pukonen
• natalie rousseau • joanna
streetly • andrew struthers •
tara tate • jacqueline windh
photographers •• adrian
dorst • jason fever • john
forde • leigh hilbert • jeremy
koreski • reinhard spieler •
jacqueline windh • adam
buskard • lisa fletcher
artists •• bjorn banke •
ursula banke • pete clarkson
• joe bob • gael duchene •
dawn stofer • christy feaver •
sandy johnson • richard
menard • mark mickey • anne
novak • derald scoular • jim
schwartz • cathy white •
also •• the district of tofino
• edge to edge marathon • pacific
rim national park reserve •
the raincoast education society
• shorebird festival • tofino
food & wine festival • tonquin nature reserve project •
and of course •• our advertisers • and everybody we forgot to mention…
Shirley Langer
describes herself as a
woman about town with a
well developed civic consciousness.
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Ferry Schedule
Dec.1st to Dec.31st
Nanaimo (Departure Bay) and
Vancouver (Horseshoe Bay)
Leaves Nanaimo
12:00pm 5:00pm
6:30am
12:30pm 7:00pm
7:30am
3:00pm
9:00pm
8:30am
10:30am 4:30pm
Leaves Vancouver
6:30am
8:30am
9:45am
10:30am
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12:30pm
2:15pm
3:00pm
5:00pm
7:00pm
7:15pm
9:00pm
Dec.23, 26, 27 only
Nanaimo (Duke Point) and
Vancouver (Tsawwassen)
Leaves Nanaimo
12:45pm 8:15pm3
5:15am2
10:45pm3
3:15pm
7:40am2
10:15am 5:45pm
Leaves Vancouver
12:45pm 8:15pm3
5:15am2
10:45pm3
3:15pm
7:45am2
10:15am 5:45pm
2 Daily except Sunday
3 Daily except Dec.25, Jan.1
Victoria (Swartz Bay) and
Vancouver (Tsawwassen)
Leaves Victoria
12:00pm4 5:00pm
7:00am
1:00pm
7:00pm
9:00am
9:00pm
11:00am 3:00pm
4:00pm5
Leaves Vancouver
6:00pm5
1:00pm
7:00am
2:00pm4 7:00pm
9:00am
9:00pm
11:00am 3:00pm
5:00pm
4 Sundays only
5 Fri & Sun only
Check www.bcferries.com
for additions & changes
for the holiday period
Reservations 1-888-724-5223
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boutiques
The Treehouse
House of Himwitsa
Enchanted
305 Campbell Street
250.725-4254
381 Main Street
250.725-2308
treehse@island.net
300 Main Street
250.725-2017
250.725-2361 Fax
800.899-1947 Toll Free
enchant@island.net
Colourful metaphysical store
with gemstones, yoga and
meditation supplies, spiritual
self-healing books and magazines, jewellry, CDs, fair trade
imports, art, hats, clothing &
more. Inspiring healing from
the special space within.
Fiber Options
120 Fourth Street
250.725-2192
www.ecoeverything.com
Natural fibers specialty clothing store. Beeswax candles,
tree-free art cards and natural
bodycare round out the selection of hemp, organic cotton
and alternative fabric items.
Plush
381 Main St
250.725-2730
Recently voted Tofino’s
favourite boutique. We offer
a wide variety of stylish and
quality clothing, lingerie,
accessories and jewellery.
And now stocking the shelves
for you guys too.
Westcoast T-shirts & souvenirs,
quality clothing, postcards and
books. Next to the CIBC.
Wildside Booksellers
320 Main Street
250.725-4222
Waterfront book store covering a variety of topics from
guide books to local history
and novels. Home of Tofino’s
kites. Get your caffeine fix
at the espresso bar
The Whale Centre Boutique
411 CampbellStreet
250.725-2132
www.tofinowhalecentre.com
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606 Campbell Street
250.725-3919
Tofino Fishing & Trading
120 Fourth Street
250.725-2622
Westcoast outfitters featuring quality outerwear, hiking
boots, and men’s and
women’s fashions.
Reflecting Spirit
411 Campbell Street
250.725-2472
Owned by local artist Signy Cohen,
this gallery expresses the roots of
coastal culture. Varied selection
of works, from carvings and
pottery to jewellry and glass.
The Lounge Collection
galleries
outfitters
Driftwood
Clayoquot Ventures
131 First Street
250.725-3905
The biggest selection of
giftware, souvenirs and
clothing. A variety of beachwear for men, women and
children. Home decor, garden
accessories and sterling silver
jewelry.
564 Campbell Street
250.725-2700
Eagle Aerie Gallery
380 Main Street
250.725-3251
A full-service marine supply
store offering gear for all
your boating, fishing and
outdoor needs. Marine gas.
Located on the water in the
inner harbour.
Traditional Northwest Coast
longhouse featuring the
works of Tsimshian Artist
Roy Henry Vickers. Selection
of original prints, books,
posters, totems & art cards.
591 Campbell Street
250.725-3735
Marine sales & service for all
your boating and outdoor
needs. Chainsaws, generators and power tools to
tame your wilderness.
Featuring First Nations artwork, masks, totems, basketry, original jewellry,
gold & silver. Owned by
First Nations people.
1180 Pacific Rim Highway
250.725-3334
Contemporary gallery showcasing hip and innovative designs
found nowhere else in town.
Gourmet Illy espresso.
www.royhenryvickers.com
Jamies Whaling Station
www.himwitsa.com
More than just whale
bones… chic home décor,
brocade purses, April Cornel
linens, glassware, jewelry,
ceramic fish, sushi sets and
more!
350 Campbell Street
250.725-3235
800.663-0669 Toll Free
Rods Power & Marine
www.tofinofishing.com
Satisfying all the needs of the
avid fisherman. Tackle, rods,
fishing apparel and all the
secret weapons for your catch.
Method Marine Supply
Tofino Seakayaking
320 Main Street
250.725-4222
www.tofino-kayaking.com
Kayaking and outdoor supplies – everything from
footwear to dry bags. Home
of Tofino’s kites. The bookstore carries interpretive literature for your tour.
whale watching
Adventures Pacific
120 Fourth Street
250.725-2811
www.alberni.net/whales
Wildlife and whale watching
tours by zodiac, interpretive
eco-tours, daytrips to HotSprings Cove in a covered
boat. Custom tours available.
www.jamies.com
Est. 1982. Zodiacs to 65 foot
vessels and all the adventures
you want! Guaranteed sightings on whale or bear tours.
Hot Springs, Kayaking, 4x4ing,
Meares Island, Fishing, NEW!
Surf Lessons. Also in Ucluelet.
Ocean Outfitters
421 Main Street
250.725-2866
www.oceanoutfitters.bc.ca
Ocean & garden adventures.
Whale & bear watching, Hot
Springs, Meares Island hiking & Cougar Annie’s Garden.
Large zodiac or family vessel
with washrooms on board.
Remote Passages Marine
Excursions
@ Wharf Street
in the big red boathouse
1-800.666-9833 Toll free
www.remotepassages.com
Offering specialised adventure tours & whale watching
since 1986. Exciting zodiac
& covered vessel tours by
informative guides. Educational programs for all ages.
Seaside Adventures
300 Main Street
250.725-2292
250.725-2295 Fax
Clayoquot Eco Tours
www.seaside-adventures.com
seaside@island.net
at the Whale Centre
411 Campbell Street
250.725-2132
250.725-2136 Fax
888-474-2288 Toll free
Seaside Adventures offers
whale watching, Hot Springs
tours, fishing, bear watching,
and hiking.
www.tofinowhalecentre.com
scenic cruises
Visit the coastal museum
and whale exhibit while you
book your marine adventure.
Whale and bear watching,
and Hot Springs Cove trips.
Browning Pass Charters
890 Main Street
250.725-3435
www.browningpass.com
info@browningpass.com
Scenic cruises & bear watching on the charter yacht ‘The
Browning Passage’. Vessel has
upper viewing deck, washroom and heated cabin.
www.tofinotime.com
sport fishing
Tofino Charters
Clayoquot Ventures
Box 536
250.725-3767
250.725-8919 (cell)
564 Campbell Street
250.725-2700
www.tofinofishing.com
www.tofinocharters.com
jbauer@tofinocharters.com
Salmon and halibut fishing
in the pristine waters of
Clayoquot Sound. Fully
insured vessels featuring
today’s premiere electronics
and fishing equipment.
Year round quality fishing,
adventures and custom charters. Serving Tofino and Clayoquot Sound since 1989.
Jack’s Saltwater Fly Charters
250.726-5364
250.266-0135
250.725-4402
www.jackscharters.com
info@jackscharters.com
Offering affordable, fun and
productive saltwater fly,
bucktailing, and light tackle
salmon fishing charters on
the calm scenic waters of
Clayoquot Sound.
Tofino Coastal Sportfishing
tofinocoastalsportfishing.com
tofinocoastalsportfishing
@hotmail.com
Fish for Salmon and Halibut,
Saltwater Flyfishing, Lake
and River Trips, Year Round,
Local Guides, All Meals
Included
sea kayaking
Orca IV Charters
Rainforest Kayak
450 Campbell Street
250.725-2765
1-866.725-2765
Box 511, Tofino BC
250.725-3117
cmoss@island.net
Coastal kayaking veterans
Dan Lewis and Bonny Glambeck offer a range of fun
and informative multi-day
instructional courses and
guided tours.
Local First Nations charter
company offering an array of
activities from Fishing, Hot
Springs, Whale Watching and
Eco Tours to Surfing and
Local Art.
Ospray Charters
450 Neill Street
250.725-2133
www.ospray.com
shawn@ospray.com
www.rainforestkayak.com
Remote Passages Kayaking
@ Wharf Street
in the big red boathouse
1-800.666-9833
www.remotepassages.com
Very productive and fun fishing adventures since 1987 for
Salmon and Halibut aboard
fully equipped deluxe 28ft
covered cruisers for groups
up to 6 persons.
Their seakayaking daytrips
will quickly take you from
the bustle of Tofino to where
rainforest, beaches and tidal
flats surround you. No experience required as lessons
are included.
Weigh West Resort
Tofino Seakayaking
634 Campbell Street
250.725-3277
320 Main Street
250.725-4222
www.weighwest.com
Full-service fishing resort
with on-site processing and
storage facilities. Flyfishing
tours and offshore fishing.
Team of experienced guides.
www.tofinotime.com
Celebrating one of the world’s
most diverse and spectacular
paddling areas since 1987,
Tofino Seakayaking offers
daytrips, overnight and
custom tours. The bookstore
offers food for thought and
cappuccinos.
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surfing
Surf Sister Surf School
food stores
Bruhwiler Surf School
625 Campbell Street
250.725-4456
1.877.724-SURF
Beaches Grocery
311 Olsen Road
250.726-5481
www.bruhwilersurf.com
bruhwilersurf@msn.com
Learn to surf with Canada’s
best known pros and local
surfers. Expert and comprehensive instruction for
beginners to advanced levels.
www.surfsister.com
Learn to surf with Canada’s
only women’s surf school.
Daily lessons (guys welcome),
weekend clinics, teen camps,
yoga surf retreats, and
mother/daughter camps.
Westside Surf School
Live to Surf
250.725-4464
www.livetosurf.com
Live To Surf is the Original
Tofino Surf shop that provides Surf, Skate and Skim,
Sales, Rentals, and Lessons
for all ages. Visit the shop
with experience.
Long Beach Surf Shop
630 Campbell St.
250.725-3800
sla@cedar.alberni.net
Tofino’s smallest surf shop.
Has a huge selection of
rental and retail surf gear.
Also carrying Tofino’s largest
selection of CD's and vinyl.
Lowest rental rates.
Pacific Surf School
430 Campbell Street
250.725-2155
www.pacificsurfschool.com
Catch the experience, hang
out with our coastal crew
and learn to surf on the
island’s rugged west coast.
250.725-2404
www.westsidesurfschool.com
Tofino’s finest surfschool using
the most advanced techniques
acquired over a decade of
teaching by director Sepp Bruhwiler, Canada’s internationally
known pro.
250.725-2270
Convenience store with a
selection of specialty foods.
Local produce and freshly
baked bread.
Common Loaf Bake Shop
180 First Street
250.725-3915
Tofino’s famous wholefoods
bake shop. Breads, muffins,
cinnies and cakes. Organic
dark roast coffees. Pizza by
the slice, soups, sandwiches,
enchiladas, curries, salads.
Licensed!
L.A. Grocery
131 First Street
250.725-4251
Large convenience store in
the heart of town — everything you might need in a
pinch. Selection of videos
for rent. Open till eleven!
Tofino Co-op
140 First Street
250.725-3226
250.725-3178 Fax
co-op@seaviewcable.net
The Co-op features the
freshest of produce, hot and
cold deli selections, a full
service meat department, as
well as a full line of groceries.
Trilogy Fish Company Ltd.
Storm Surf
630 Campbell Street
250.725-2233
250.725-2234 Fax
440 Campbell Street
250.725-3344
info@trilogyfish.com
www.trilogyfish.com
www.stormsurf.com
High performance surf gear.
Sales and rentals. Streetwear
and skateboards. Friendly and
experienced staff of surfers
will answer your questions.
More than just a fish store!
On the waterfront enjoy JJ
Bean Coffee to go. Also, sandwiches. And chowder made
with our fresh local seafood.
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bed & breakfast
African Beach Cabin
1250 Lynn Road
250.725-4465
www.africanbeach.com
African-themed cabin in the
forest across the road from
Chesterman Beach. Gourmet
breakfast served.
Beach Break Lodge B&B
1337 Chesterman Beach Rd.
250.725-3883
877.727-3883
www.beachbreaklodge.com
Spectacular, oceanfront
executive suites on Chesterman Beach. Bedroom, living
room, kitchen nook and huge
ensuite. King size beds, fireplaces, private hot tubs, patios
and heated slate floors.
Paddlers’ Inn
Chelsea’s B&B
Brimar B&B
615 Pfeiffer Crescent
250.725-2895
1735 Thornberg
250.725-3410
bbtofino@island.net
www.island.net/~bbtofino
www.brimarbb.com
Centrally located with stunning
views of Clayoquot Sound.
King & queen rooms, ensuite
bathrooms, comfortable guest
lounge,TV/VCR. Warm & friendly
hospitality, lovely full breakfast served.
Stunning ocean views. Elegant
and cozy rooms. Extensive
breakfast with fresh home baking. Beach path at the door.
Cedar Street Guest House
290 Cedar Street
250.725-3996
800.863-4664
Clayoquot Retreat B&B
csgh@island.net
lbarton@seaviewcable.net
www.clayoquotretreat.com
Enjoy sunset waterview, comfortable two room suites, quiet
side street, close to downtown
and Tonquin Beach. In-house
library, telephone. No smoking,
no pets.
Solwood B&B
1298 Lynn Road
250.725-2112
1-866.725-2112
www.solwood.ca
solwood@island.net
Located in the forest gardens
of Chesterman Beach, Solwood
provides both inexpensive and
luxury accommodation. Perfect for a romantic get-away,
family or group holiday.
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120 Arnet Road
250.725-3305
Accomodations are oceanfront
view rooms with private full
baths, TV, small fridges in
room, seaside hot-tub, delicious homebaked full breakfast that is yours to enjoy in
the privacy of your room.
Crabdock Guesthouse
310 Olson Road
250.725-2911
320 Main Street
250.725-4222
Waterfront heritage building
in the Tofino harbour.
Seafarers B&B
1212 Lynn Road
250.725-1267
www.seafarersbb.com
Luxurious rooms, imaginatively decorated, featuring
king size beds, TV, VCR and
down comforters. First class
breakfast in dining room.
Emerald Forest
250.725-2551
sabine@island.net
Privately located in the rain
forest 5 km outside Tofino. 5
minutes walk to Chesterman
Beach.
Jensens Bay B&B
902 Jensens Bay Road
250.725-1259
1-877.725-1264
www.crabdock.com
www.jensensbay.com
Located steps away from
the crab dock and Tofino
harbour makes this an ideal
location for everyone. Hot
tub! Full breakfast served.
Private entry full ensuite
rooms. Located in rainforest
setting only a minute stroll
to Chesterman Beach. “West
Coast” continental breakfast
served to room.
king, queen or twin with
private bathrooms,private
entrance, guest lounge and
full breakfast.Outdoor smoking. No pets. Affordable
fishing packages available.
Tofino Sunrise Inn
250.725-2590
www.tofinosunrise.com
Waterfront location on the
edge of Browning Passage.
Enjoy the pristine rainforest
surroundings and delicious
breakfast in the morning.
Steps from Tofino Botanical
Gardens.
The Tides Inn
160 Arnet Road
250.725-3765
www.tidesinntofino.com
Explore the shoreline and
tidal pools, take a stroll to
Tonquin Beach or the village
of Tofino. View of Duffin
Cove from your spacious
room or seaside deck. Full
home-made breakfasts.
Tofino Ospray Lodge
450 Neill Street
250.725-2669
info@tofinolodge.com
www.tofinolodge.com
camping
Crystal Cove Beach Resort
1165 Cedarwood Place
250.725-4213
www.crystalcove.cc
Family-oriented resort providing serviced RV sites & tent
campground. Showerhouse &
laundry facility. Showers free
& hot, complimentary firewood & morning coffee! Pet
friendly beachfront log cabins,
with fireplaces, private hot
tubs & children's playground.
Convenient in town location
with 3 comfortable rooms—
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hotels/lodges
Dolphin Motel
Cable Cove Inn
1190 Pacific Rim Hwy.
250.725-3377
201 Main Street
250.725-4236
www.dolphinmotel.ca
House of Himwitsa Lodge
Mini Motel
Tofino Swell Lodge
Only five minutes to Chesterman Beach. The Dolphin’s one
and two bedroom units all have
private bathrooms. Some units
with kitchenettes and access to
the BBQ area.
300 Main Street
250.725-2017
250.725-2361 Fax
800.899-1947 Toll Free
350 Olsen Road
250.725-3441
341 Olson Road
250.725-3274
www.tofinoninletcottages.com
inlet@island.net
theswell@island.net
www.himwitsa.com
Featuring First Nations artwork, masks, totems, basketry, original jewellry,
gold & silver. Owned by
First Nations people.
Set in a waterfront garden
of rhododendrons and azaleas,
our A-frame cabins offer
peaceful privacy. Located
close to village attractions,
yet right on the water.
Long Beach Lodge
Pacific Sands
250.725-2442
1.877.844.7873
Cox Bay
250.725-3322
250.725-3155 Fax
800.565-2322 Toll free
Weigh West Resort
www.pacificsands.com
info@pacificsands.com
www.weighwest.com
www.cablecoveinn.com
We offer six beautifully decorated romantic rooms all with
fireplace, private oceanfront
decks and either a private
hot-tub or marble jacuzzi tub.
Duffin Cove Resort
215 Campbell Street
250.725-3448
250.725-2390 Fax
888.629-2903 Toll free
www.duffin-cove-resort.com
duffin@island.net
Boasting oceanfront cabins,
studios and suites in its own
private cove, nestled in a rainforest backdrop. Located within
walking distance of most restaurants and galleries in Tofino.
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Luxurious beachfront resort
for the discerning traveller,
at Cox Bay. The cedar shingled lodge offers 5 star
amenities and casual service
in a rustic setting.
Fully equipped Villas & Suites
located beachfront on Cox
Bay. All units with kitchen
and fireplaces. Your hosts
The Pettingers.
Middle Beach Lodge
With its seven tastefully
appointed rooms, this
waterfront lodge is a great
place for group hospitality.
Complete with common
areas, gourmet kitchen,
patio BBQ, large hot tub and
private dock. Views of
Meares Island!
634 Campbell Street
250.725-3277
Centrally located within the
Tofino harbour, with its own
private moorage, the Weigh
West Resort offers the perfect setting for fishermen,
boaters and adventurers
alike.
The Inn at Tough City
400 MacKenzie Beach Rd.
250.725-2900
www.middlebeach.com
Two rustic post and beam
lodges, complemented
inside by massive stone fireplaces and antique nautical
furnishings. Located on
headlands it offers spectacular views from the
guest suites and cabins.
350 Main Street
250.725-2021
1.877.725.2021
www.toughcity.com
Beautiful stained glass &
brick building located on
the harbourfront, with 8
gorgeous view rooms. Private baths, balconies, down
duvets, deep soaker tubs &
fireplaces.
The Wickaninnish Inn
Osprey Lane
250.725-3100
250.725-3110 Fax
800.333-4604 Reservations
info@wickinn.com
www.wickinn.com
Tofino’s award winning oceanfront inn, located on a rocky
promontory at Chesterman
Beach. World renowned for its
cuisine, service & location,
the inn features the Ancient
Cedars Spa and the Pointe
Restaurant. A supreme west
coast experience.
Crystal Cove Beach Resort
1165 Cedarwood Place
250.725-4213
www.crystalcove.cc
Modern beachfront log cabins
with kitchens & BBQ’s on the
deck, some with fireplaces &
hot tubs — a luxurious family
getaway or private retreat.
RV sites, tent camping & children’s playground. Pet friendly
graphic design and internet solutions
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vacation rentals
Blue Heron House
925 Sandpiper Place
877.906-2326
250.725-2866
www.blueheronhouse.ca
Situated on Jensen’s Bay
bird sanctuary. Post and beam
interior, wood plank fir floors,
large soaker tub. Ideal group
size for this 3 bedroom suite
is 6-8 guests.
Bluewater Beach Homes
Box 433, Tofino BC V0R 2Z0
250.725-4430
250.725-8833
vacation@island.net
Beautiful waterfront locations
include popular Chesterman
Beach, peaceful Tonquin
Park and Tofino’s picturesque
waterfront. We offer an
exclusive selection of privately owned homes, cottages, condos and suites.
Clayoquot Cedar House
Tofino BC V0R 2Z0
250.725-2421
www.clayoquotassociates.com
We’re new and still booking!
Custom-built vacation home,
located next to Tofino’s best
surf and sand, experience
spacious west coast living in
the dramatic coastal forest.
Sleeps six.
Eik Landing
Platinum Vacation Group
Sea Star Beach Retreat
250.725.2570
1560 Fort Street,
Victoria, BC V8S 5J2
1-866-595-8989
1294 Lynn Road
250.725-2041
1.866.443.STAR (7827)
platinumvacationgroup.com
info@pvg.ca
www.seastar.ws
info@seastar.bc.ca
Platinum has an outstanding
selection of waterfront and
oceanview vacation homes
throughout Tofino. We provide short term rentals to fit
all budgets.
Fully private suites available
for families, couples or singles.
Relax in comfort in your “home
away from home”. Outdoor hottub. Across from Chesterman
Beach.
Sandpiper Beachhouse
South Chesterman Beach
250.725-3417
430 Campbell Street
250.725.2779
877-799-2779
www.eiklanding.com
jackie@tofinobeach.com
Fantastic, unobstructed views
on Tofino's charming and picturesque harbour. These gorgeous privately owned homes
range from 1 - 2 bedrooms.
Within easy walking distance
to Tofino village.
Judi’s Seaside Cottages
250.725-3373
250.725-3114 fax
jajg@island.net
Very private waterfront
cottages and homes. Fully
equipped, fireplaces, cozy
west coast casual. Sleeps 2-6
Ocean Dream
250.725-4282
www.oceandream.ca
Inlet oceanfront cottage
on peaceful, private beach.
Self contained. Large deck
and BBQ.
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Pacific Coast Retreats
Box 336, Tofino, BC V0R 2Z0
250.725-3906
www.pacificcoastretreats.com
barb@pacificcoastretreats.com
From rustic to luxurious, we
offer exquisite privately owned
vacation homes, condos and
cottages on Chesterman Beach
and Tofino’s beautiful waterfront. All our accommodations
are fully equipped, fireplaces
and hot tub.
maral@alberni.net
Experience the beauty, grace
and peace of the west coast
in this architecturally
designed home that shows
the true character of Tofino.
Pet friendly.
Seashack Beach Cottage
1273 Lynn Road
250.725-4430
250.725-8833
southchestermantofino.com
leah@tofinovr.com
Located at the south end of
spectacular Chesterman Beach,
all suites are privately owned
and have been designed with
your comfort in mind. Suites
range from one, two and three
bedrooms and offer full custom
kitchens.
www.tofinoseashack.com
Beautiful, private cottage for
two on Chesterman beach with
spectacular views. A very
romantic retreat with all
amenities. Well-behaved
dogs welcome.
www.tofinotime.com
Stormfront
Tofino Beach Homes
606 Pfeiffer Crescent
250.725.3797
604.662-7209
250.725-2570
www.stormfrontbc.com
mharding@telus.net
Fabulous, privately-owned,
oceanfront vacation homes.
Exclusive to Chesterman Beach.
Ranging from 1-3 bedrooms
and most ‘pet friendly.’
Two fabulous luxury private
suites: Beautiful harbour views.
Private entrances. Quiet. Continental breakfast supplied.
Walk to restaurants & stores.
5 min drive to all beaches.
jackie@tofinobeach.com
www.tofinobeach.com
Tofino Seascape
1289 Lynn Road
604 926-2828
www.tofinoseascape.com
maretlyle@shaw.ca
Oceanfront executive home
with spectacular views, fully
equipped country kitchen, two
fireplaces, large deck, pets with
responsible owners welcome.
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Tofino Vacation Rentals
Vista Hermosa
real estate
430 Campbell Street
250.725.2779
877-799-2779 Toll free
250 Main Street
250.725-3906
Re⁄Max: Linda Pettinger
www.tofinovr.com
southchestermantofino.com
leah@tofinovr.com
Tofino’s premier vacation rental
management service since 1998.
From beachfront homes, cottages and townhomes on
spectacular Chesterman Beach
to stunning oceanfront homes,
cottages and condos in the
Tofino area. We have something
for everyone!
Viewwest Rentals
912 Jensens Bay Road
250.726.5209
888-448-4141 Toll free
www.viewwest.com
info@viewwest.com
5 bedroom inlet ocean view,
pool table, woodstove, hot tub,
close to town. 3 bedroom and
2 bedroom suites, bbq, hot
tub, sauna, on Jensens Bay
across from Chesterman Beach
www.tofinotime.com
www.vistahermosa.ca
barb@pacificcoastretreats.com
This cliff top oceanview
vacation home offers spectacular views over Tofino harbour and Meares Island, fully
equipped custom kitchen,
living room with fireplace,
1000 sq.ft. oceanview deck,
hot tub, BBQ, deck furniture.
Zoe’s at North Beach
1216 Lynn Road
250.725-2500
www.zoesatnorthbeach.com
zoer@seaviewcable.net
Enjoy the casual atmosphere
of Zoe’s at beautiful Chesterman Beach. Down duvets, hot
tub, wrap around deck, fireplace and bbq. Perfect getaway for friends and families
311 Neill Street
250.725-3969
250.725-2039 Fax
800. 316-0130 Toll Free
www.tofinorealty.com
linda@tofinorealty.com
Real estate agent for
Re/Max in Tofino. Realtor
Linda Pettinger delivers
results with the largest portfolio of Tofino properties.
Re⁄Max: Jim Schwartz
311 Neill Street
250.725.3419
250.725.2183 Fax
877. 999-4888 Toll Free
www.tofinohomes.com
jim@tofinohomes.com
Jim Schwartz has been a resident of Tofino for 30 years.
Services offered in residential,
commercial and remote properties as well as a development consultant.
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restaurants
Long Beach Lodge
Blue Heron Restaurant
250.725-2442
1.877.844.7873
634 Campbell Street
at the Weigh West
250.725-3277
www.weighwest.com
Built on stilts, extended
over the inlet, this dining
room offers a unique ambience. Enjoy the extensive
menu with a view of the
harbour.
Breaker’s Deli
www.longbeachlodgeresort.com
Spectacular beachfront dining.
Wonderful hand-crafted food
featuring only
the freshest
of seasonal,
local, organic
ingredients,
served in an
unpretentious
manner.
131 First Street
250.725 2558
www.breakersdeli.com
The best place to refuel!
Awesome burritos, wholewheat pizza, gourmet sandwiches, salads and salsas.
All day breakfast, smoothies
and organic coffee! Open
early to late!
Common Loaf Bake Shop
180 First Street
250.725-3915
Tofino’s famous wholefoods
bake shop. Breads, muffins,
cinnies and cakes. Organic dark
roast coffees. Pizza by
the slice, soups, sandwiches,
enchiladas, curries, salads.
Licensed!
Gary’s Kitchen
308 Neil Street
250.725-3921
Chinese and Western food,
quick and fresh daily specials,
family menu, with burgers, fish
& chips and sea food. Open 7
days a week, located next to
the liquor store.
Jupiter Juice Bar
451 Main Street
(Big Yellow building)
Local energy recharge station.
Custom-squeezed juices
made to order; fresh baked
goods and kickin’ coffee.
Raincoast Café
Shelter Restaurant
event services
101-120 Fourth Street
250.725-2215
601 Campbell Street
250.725-3353
Crabapple Floral Designs
raincafe@island.net
www.raincoastcafe.com
www.shelterrestaurant.com
310 Olsen Road
250.725-2911
250.725-2911 Fax
Tofino’s stylish and bustling
restaurant overlooking Clayoquot Sound. Fresh seafood
and local foods creatively
served. Outside patio, open
kitchen, and cheerful service.
Modern food for modern people.
Offering an innovative menu in
an intimate setting from 5:30pm
daily. Live music and special
events to be announced.
Reservations recommended.
SoBo
The Pointe Restaurant
1084 Pacific Rim Hwy.
in the Botanical Gardens
250.725-2341
Osprey Lane
250.725-3106
pointe@wickinn.com
www.wickinn.com
Exquisite food, remarkable
wines and an elegantly rustic
ambiance. Superb breakfast,
lunch and dinner with panoramic views of Chesterman
Beach and the open ocean.
Don’t miss the salmon barbecue brunch in the summer!
Schooner Restaurant
331 Campbell Street
250.725-3444
Sea Shanty Restaurant
300 Main Street
250.725-2017
250.725-2361 Fax
800.899-1947 Toll Free
Specializing in fresh local
seafood. Waterfront dining.
Situated above the First
Street Dock with a breathtaking view of Clayoquot
Sound. Daily 11am-9pm.
Licensed. Outdoor seating.
vicsdine@island.net
A cozy, romantic restaurant,
showcasing Vancouver Island’s
seafood, organic poultry
and perfectly aged meat.
Award winning wine list.
eat@sobo.ca
www.sobo.ca
Sobo is Tofino’s most unique
eatery. The purple catering
truck uses many local ingrediants to create simple fresh
handmade food for locals
and visitors alike
Tough City Sushi
350 Main Street
250.725-2021
www.toughcity.com
crabdock@island.net
www.crabapplefloral.com
Creative floral designs with
a west coast flair. Garden
style arrangements with natural greenery. Imaginative
accessories & flowers for
weddings and special occasions.
Aperture Overtures Photo
131 Garden Street, Ucluelet
250.726-2762
250.726-2765 Fax
photos@alberni.net
www.alberni.net/weddings
Professional photography services for portraits & weddings.
Beach or studio setting. Make
your West Coast visit that
much more memorable with a
beautiful portrait.
Authentic Japanese sushi
bar and west coast cuisine.
At the Inn at Tough City, with
harbour views, waterfront
patio. Uniquely decorated
with collectibles.
JEREMY KORESKI
PHOTOGRAPHY
www.jeremykoreski.com
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event services
body & soul
Coastal Inspirations
Ancient Cedars Spa
Box 46, Tofino BC V0R 2Z0
250.725-2213
250.725-2213 Fax
Osprey Lane
250.725-3113
250.725-3110 Fax
Barefoot Reflexology
Healing Springs Spa
Sacred Stone Wellness
250.725-8141
250.726-5551
info@coastalinspirations.com
www.coastalinspirations.com
spa@wickinn.com
www.wickinn.com/spa
tinyfeet@alberni.net
healingspringsspa@hotmail.com
421 Main Street
250.725-3341
Wedding Planning, Holiday &
Event Planning.You relax and
we tend to the details.Creative
ideas for all occasions & events.
Offering a luxurious line of
west coast gift baskets.
Extremely beautiful in its
setting between wild Pacific
Ocean and old-growth forest.
Ancient Cedars Spa enhances
the magical guest experience
of this resort haven, known as
a retreat for ‘nature’s dramas’
and epicurean excellence.
Certified Reflexologist, Tina
Wintersgill, provides this
natural healing art that can
melt away stress and rejuvenate your step. Sit back and
savour a refreshing and
unique massage of the feet.
Transformational bodywork
promoting relaxation,
awareness and compassionate healing. Light & Deep
Swedish Massage, Shiatsu,
Hot Stone Massage, Transformational Accupressure,
Traditional Chinese Meridian
Massage, Energetic & Plant
Medicines. Experience Bliss.
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Deb’s Beauty and Spa
161 Fourth Street
250.725-2099
A full service beauty spa
offering esthetics, hair,
tanning, massage and reiki.
Tofino’s original house of
beauty! Open 7 days a week.
Healing Grounds Spa
Clayoquot Widerness Resort
250.726-8235
www.wildretreat.com
Nestled among lush fern gardens and ancient cedars, a
campus of artfully composed
treatment rooms and intimate
spaces welcomes day and
overnight guests to our
beautiful new spa.
Massage & Therapeutic
Bodywork
250.725-4278
Therese Bouchard’s fifteen
years of professional massage expertise include skills
in rhythmic rocking, craniosacral, acupressure, Reiki,
and therapeutic touch. Her
studio is a unique, natural
and beautiful healing space.
www.sacredstone.ca
We welcome you to our new
waterfront location! A blissful
array of Healing Body therapies, Exquisite Spa Treatments and our beautiful new
Hair Salon. Introducing Silk
Road, Chinoiserie, and Bumble and Bumble hair care
products! Encouraging balance of Body, Mind & Spirit.
Tofino Massage Works
250.725-2588
www.tofinomassage.com
Give us your body for an
hour and we’ll give you back
your state of mind. Come
experience the transformation that occurs by surrendering to healing hands.
Reflections Retreat
656 Shore Pine Cresent
250.725-4448
reflectionsholisticretreat.com
reflectionsretreat@yahoo.ca
Quality therapeutic treatments
for your whole being. Massage,
Acupressure, Reiki, Hot
LaStones, Lomi Lomi, Thai
Massage, yoga, scrubs & wraps,
holistic facials, infrared sauna.
Aloha! Namaste.
event services
Clayoquot Cuisine
250.266.6060 Cell
250.725-1234 Home
ccuisine@seaviewcable.net
Mark Wrigley, Chef de Cuisine
will be offering his exquisite
culinary skills for you and your
friends in the comfort of your
own home or personal lodgings.
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From the parking lot it’s about a 2km
return trip over fairly easy terrain to
the northernmost end of Long Beach.
Turn right when you hit the beach
and go around the corner. A good
place to go to get out of the afternoon westerly winds in the summer.
Spruce Fringe
Perched on the edge of the salty
Pacific Ocean the forest here is an
example of survival of the fittest.
The trail is well marked with interpretive plaques that offer botanical
information and descriptions. The
1.5km trail is moderate in difficulty
with only one set of stairs to climb.
Rain Forest
2km trail that crisscrosses the highway takes a half hour to walk. The
boardwalk takes you through a classic temperate coastal rainforest,
offering interpretive plaques and
many opportunities for investigation. Salmon spawning streams and
giant old growth cedars are only a
couple of the wonders to be seen.
Shoreline Bog
Growing like a bonsai garden, the
forest in this bog is stunning. Winding through it is a wide and comfortable boardwalk, making it accessible
to young and old. The area owes its
peculiar appearance to the acidic
soil that stunts and deforms all that
grows there. Trees hundreds of years
Radar
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Long
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old, may be only just overhead. The
800m loop takes approximately 20
to 30 minutes to walk and is wheelchair compatible.
Wickaninnish Trail
A historic trail that has its roots as
both an aboriginal path and an early
pioneer roadway. Connecting the
south end of Long Beach and Florencia Bay this 5km loop passes through
many different forest structures.
Named after the Nuu-Chah-Nulth
leader Chief Wickaninnish.
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Beach
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Wickaninnish Rd.
Wickaninnish
Beach
℡
 i ℡
Florencia
Bay
South Beach
Willowbrae Trail
Starting behind the Wickaninnish
Centre this 1.5km round trip takes
you to one of the best beaches on
the west coast for storm watching.
Thanks to the funnelling action of
the rocky headlands, South Beach
tends to get bigger waves than the
surrounding area. Beware of wave
surges that can quickly catch you off
guard. The pebble beach offers great
picnicking in the summer.
This 3km return trip takes you down
one of the original “corduroy” roads
that was used to travel between
Tofino and Ucluelet. All around you
there is evidence of the pioneers
that once tried to tame the area. You
can still see the notches made by
axes of early loggers as they cleared
some of the early homesteads.
Gold Mine
CLOSED
TFINO T IME
half the pce— twice the plesure!
Half Moon Bay
Branching off from the end of the
Willowbrae trail this path offers
some of the most spectacular vistas
in the park. Up top you wander past
massive ancient cedars and then
descend down to Half Moon Bay
under giant twisted spruce trees that

Willowbrae Road
Ucluelet
have been turned like cork screws by
the coastal storms. The boardwalk
down to the beach is very steep and
not recommended for everyone.

Tofino Time Magazine December 2005

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