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Delicado’s
Blueberries
The Grey Whale Delicatessen
The Driftwood Restaurant
Eagle’s Nest Pub
Smiley’s Restaurant
Jiggers - Shelley and Shane welcome you to their spot in Ucluelet at the corner of Bay Street and Peninsula Road. The perfect place to get your fish and chips or choice of burgers and other selections of seafood, fresh every day. The best fries this side of the pass! Eat at the picnic tables with the view of the harbour or order take out in person

Tough City Sushi
The Schooner

Other Shops and Services:

Co-op – local grocery store, hardware and clothing
The Crow’s Nest – gifts, office supplies, fax, photocopying
Camper Jack’s
Ucluelet Post Office
Banks – CIBC
Coast Savings Credit Union
Liquor Store
Shearwater’s Health Food Store
Mystic Horizons – gifts, flowers, vitamin and supplements
Government Agent –

The Wild Pacific Trail

located in the District of Ucluelet is a seven phase trail system skirting the rugged cliffs and shoreline of the West Coast of Vancouver Island. Overlooking Barkley Sound and the Broken Group Islands to the east and the open Pacific Ocean to the south and west, it offers spectacular shoreline panoramas and seaward vistas through ancient cedar and spruce-framed viewing platforms constructed on the best headlands along the route.

Kayaking

Barkley Sound and the Broken Group Islands comprise one of the three main recreational components in Pacific Rim National Park. The popularity of these islands with paddlers and boaters has soared over the past decade, much to the dismay of long-time observers. One of the main reasons that the Broken Group Islands are so popular is that they provide a true west coast experience in sheltered water. Barkley Sound is not normally subject to the extreme ocean conditions farther west in the open waters around Ucluelet and exposed sections of the West Coast Trail and the Long Beach Unit, the two other areas that attract visitors to Pacific Rim National Park.

Kayakers usually begin their exploration at Gibraltar Island and make their way through the chain, stopping at campsites on Gilbert, Benson, Clarke, Turret, Willis and Hand Islands. All of these sites are easily reached within a day's paddle (or less) of each other. Numerous kayak operators lead tours through the Broken Group Islands.

The ease with which less-experienced sea kayakers can reach the Broken Group Islands contributes greatly to their allure and charm. The M.V. Lady Rose and Frances Barkley are sturdy wooden packet freighters based in Port Alberni. Their routes lead through the Broken Group Islands to the fishing ports of Ucluelet and Bamfield. If you visit the area in July and August, be sure to reserve space for your kayak or canoe on the deck well in advance.

Gracie Bay is a sheltered niche of ocean waterway tucked in beside Meares Island in the backwater of Clayoquot Sound. At low tide, the bay drains so low that it takes on the appearance of a green marshland. Eelgrass covers much of the mudflats in Browning Pass, which links Grice Bay with Tofino to the north. Gracie Bay lies within the northern limits of the Long Beach Unit of the Pacific Rim National Park.

Paddling in the waters of Clayoquot Sound is one of the most rewarding ways to experience this environment. Depending on your skill level, you can either plan a trip on your own or join up with one of the tour operators that use Tofino as their base. Day trips close to town include Meares, Stubbs, Wickaninnish, and Vargas Islands, all within sight of the federal dock in Tofino. Far afield is Flores Island. The sandy beaches on Stubbs Island makes it an ideal getaway within sight of Tofino. You can land on the east coast of Vargas Island, a 5-km paddle from Tofino, and make the one-hour journey across island on foot to Ahous Beach.

If you paddle to Ahous Beach, rather than hike, be prepared for a stretch of open ocean as you round the exposed southwest corner of Vargas. If it's blowing too hard, check out isolated Medallion Bay on the south end of the Island, a delightful place to land. Nothing on Vargas, however, tops Ahous Beach's lengthy expanse, which rivals Long Beach in size. So vast is its hard-caked, sandy surface that light planes occasionally land here.

For further information on other areas of Vancouver Island sea kayaking adventures : VancouverIsland.com

Kayak through Ucluelet Harbour, wide open Clayoquot Sound or the many islands of Barkley Sound with Majestic Ocean Kayaking (www.oceankayaking.com) to spot black bears and eagles.

MISC ARTICLES AND LINKS about Ucluelet and Tofino

Wish upon a star

Independent, The (London), Nov 22, 2006 by Robert Leibman

Excellent location for storm watching - that's not the kind of line that usually attracts a potential buyer to a holiday home. But in Tofino, furious winter storms entrance tourists and locals alike.

Star gazing is popular here too, thanks to a steady stream of celebrities such as Uma Thurman, Danny De Vito and Alanis Morissette who visit this remote Canadian outpost for rest and relaxation.

Originally a fishing and timber village, Tofino is located on the west coast of Vancouver Island, 120 miles west of Vancouver itself, where most of the area's celebrities can be found.

Also known as "Hollywood North", Vancouver is a major film production centre where Battlestar Galactica and dozens of other film and TV movies are produced. Tofino is a 30-minute hop from Vancouver's airport, a tidy alternative to seven hours via car and ferry.

Tofino is located literally at the end of the road and lies just within the Clayoquot Sound Unesco Biosphere Reserve, which has numerous coves, a huge lake, rainforests and mountains. Water sports are popular here, especially surfing and kayaking.

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