Visiting the West Coast Trail, Broken Group Islands or Long Beach? Here—from Pacific Rim National Park Reserve—is a bucket list of adventures to discover along the way. How many can you do?
1. Watch a storm from the sunroom at the Kwisitis Visitor Centre.
2. Listen to the sound of stones being rolled by waves at South Beach.
3. Watch the sunrise at Grice Bay.
4. Ride a cable car on the West Coast Trail.
5. Listen for the cry of an osprey.
6. Contemplate the landscape from the red chairs at Radar Hill.
7. Count a flock of shorebirds.
8. Measure a banana slug.
9. Camp at one of the seven campsites in the Broken Group Islands.
10. Go on a guided rainforest walk.
11. Surf a wave at Wickaninnish Beach.
12. Discover how Valencia Bluffs got their name.
13. Visit the three sections of Pacific Rim National Park Reserve.
14. Learn the Nuu-chah-nulth word for “black bear” at the Kwisitis Visitor Centre.
15. Ride a bike down Long Beach.
16. Run the Willowbrea Trail.
17. Wade across Sandhill Creek at low tide.
18. Count the great blue herons in the eelgrass at low tide at Grice Bay.
19. Make an etching from an interpretive panel on the Nuu-chah-nulth Trail.
20. Sit on the red chairs amongst the majestic trees on the Rainforest Trail.
21. Volunteer for an invasive dune grass pull.
22. Hitch a ride on a giant slug at the Kwisitis Visitor Centre.
23. Locate Keeha Beach on a map.
24. Paddle board around a bed of bull kelp.
25. Attend an evening presentation at Green Point Theatre.
26. Be CoastSmart and know before you go near the water at CoastSmart.ca
27. Go on the “Track the Wild” guided hike.
28. Visit the Tseshaht “first man” house post on Benson Island and learn about Tseshaht cultural history at Ts’ishaa.
29. Identify the difference between a crow and a raven.
30. Count the number of stairs down to Halfmoon Bay.
31. Explore a tidal pool on a guided shoreline walk.
32. Climb a ladder on the West Coast Trail.
33. Use the Dune Explora App.
34. Spot a flock of Whimbrel (giant bills) on the Grice Bay mudflats.
35. Find the brass geological survey marker at the top of Radar Hill.
36. Jump rope with a bull kelp.
37. Look through Kwisitis Visitor Centre binoculars.
38. Count the number of trees that are 500 years or older on Schooner Cove Trail.
39. Write your name in the sand at Long Beach.
40. Take off your shoes and wade in Lost Shoe Creek.
41. Touch a sea star at the Kwisitis Visitor Centre.
42. Play hockey on the beach.
43. Take a break on the red chairs at Valencia Bluffs on the West Coast Trail.
44. Toast a marshmallow at your campsite at Green Point Campground.
45. Find pelagic goose neck barnacles on drift logs on the beach.
46. Look for signs of a garter snake in the sand dunes.
47. Take a photo in the longhouse at Kwisitis Visitor Centre.
48. Spot swimming swans in winter at Sandhill Creek or Grice Bay.
49. Identify a shorepine tree.
50. Find the derelict donkey engine on the West Coast Trail.
For 100 more ideas, visit parks.canada.ca/pn-np/bc/pacificrim/activ/activ150.
