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TOFINO,
BRITISH COLUMBIA
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Remote Tofino on the west
coast of Vancouver Island
offers fantastic surfing
beaches, many sea creatures
and wildlife, and is best
seen from the air. It is a First
Nations home of the
Nuu-chah-nulth Indigenous
people and the area celebrates
its heritage. Pilot Markus
Ranalla helps a passenger
off the de Havilland Beaver at
the Atleo dock in Clayoquot
Sound. Ranalla flew us into
the mountains to the east, to
beach on a gravel spit formed
in a lake canyon.
road was here. " It's a natural spot with a sense
of adventure, " he said. " We are the first to get
the weather that rolls in here; in the summer, it's
marine fog and in the winter it's the monsoons,
but we don't have to shovel our rain. The mountain
peaks, the river gravel bars, the wild salmon
runs; everyone has to see it for themselves. "
The Nuu-chah-nulth are one of the
Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest
Coast. The term Nuu-chah-nulth describes
14 separate but related First Nations, such as
the Tla-o-qui-aht, Ehattesaht, and Hesquiaht
First Nations, whose traditional home is
on the west coast of Vancouver Island. The
Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest
coastal community's lives centered around
ocean and river fishing. Salmon was a significant
resource. While Indigenous people were
numerous on the coast and islands, smallpox
wiped out many, and as the population
decreased groups of tribes were absorbed in
others. Lawson's father was First Nation, and
he and her mother lived on an offshore island.
" I was born into that magic; my father caught
me in his arms. " She was born on a misty
November morning; her native name is Mitla
Nova-Misty Rain.
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AOPA PILOT / March 2023
Getting out to Vancouver Island and as far
west to Tofino was difficult. Only a logging road
stretched to Tofino in 1959. Highway 4 (the
Pacific Rim Highway) was paved in 1953 (completed
in 1972) and extended to Tofino in 1961.
The Pacific Rim National Park was established in
1970. In the 1970s, surfers discovered Tofino for
its long sandy beaches and-especially in winter-
consistent challenging waves. Summer swells are
approachable for those new to the sport-there
are several surfing schools in the small town
(population 1,932). In the winter, the big waves
sought after by professional surfers make Tofino
an adventurous winter escape. Tofino is called the
surfing capital of Canada. The water temperature
only fluctuates about 10 degrees between seasons,
but the dramatic surf and storms also have created
an armchair sport of winter storm watching.
At Tofino's Wickaninnish Inn, visitors stay just to
watch nature's beautiful fury from the windowwalled
hotel.
Oh, like a bubble on a windy day
I start to flutter when I hear you say
That you feel too good to go away
And you make me feel fine
-Ripplin' Water, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
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