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Travel Western Provinces

The Wild Side Guide to Vancouver Island's Pacific Rim

Long Beach, Tofino, Ucluelet, Port Alberni, Nitinat & Bamfield

by (author) Jacqueline Windh

Publisher
Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd.
Initial publish date
Feb 2010
Category
Western Provinces, Adventure
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550174854
    Publish Date
    Feb 2010
    List Price
    $24.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550173987
    Publish Date
    Jul 2006
    List Price
    $24.95

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  • Age: 13
  • Grade: 1854691-1853493

Description

The Pacific Rim of Vancouver Island's wild west coast, with its picturesque coastal villages of Tofino and Ucluelet and expansive wave-washed sands of Long Beach, has become one of Canada's top tourist destinations. In The Wild Side Guide to the Pacific Rim, longtime Tofino resident, wilderness traveller, author and photographer Jacqueline Windh shares her secrets about travelling around the region. Whether the reader is in search of a campsite under the stars or a five-star hotel, the locals' favourite diner or fine international cuisine, mellowing out on a quiet beach walk or being pampered in a world-class spa—Jacqueline Windh has it covered.

The Wild Side Guide to the Pacific Rim provides necessary facts and information on how to get there, where to stay, what to do, where to eat, as well as the little stories and inside scoops that will enrich any visitor's experience. With Windh's beautiful photography accompanying the text, this useful guide will serve as an inspiration to visit and an enduring reminder to return to this beautiful place again.

About the author

Jacqueline Windh is a photojournalist, geologist and outdoorswoman who has published her images and articles in many magazines, including BBC Wildlife, Adventure Kayak, Wavelength Paddling Magazine and Beautiful BC. She lives in Tofino, BC.

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Editorial Reviews

"If you want to know anything about everything around travelling in the Pacific Rim, pick up Jacqueline Windh's Guide...The Wild Side Guide inspires me to go see these places—and Windh makes them all sound like great places to go." —Alli Vail, Parksville/Qualicum Beach News

"Windh's book caters to the Therm-a-Rest set and those sleeping on 400-thread-count sheets."

Carolyn Bird, <i>The Georgia Straight</i>

Librarian Reviews

The Wild Side Guide to Vancouver Island’s Pacific Rim: Long Beach, Tofino, Ucluelet, Port Alberni, Nitinat & Bamfield – Revised

This is a comprehensive guide to the Pacific Rim region. The Revised Second Edition includes a new 32-page introduction with colour photographs. A chapter is dedicated to the geographical and historical background and another gives information on getting to and travelling around the region. For each community there are accommodation listings, suggestions on where to eat, and expansive “what to do” sections outlining activities from beach walks, bird watching, kayaking, surfing and fishing to festivals, nightlife, galleries and shopping. The text is generously punctuated with photographs.

Source: The Association of Book Publishers of BC. BC Books for BC Schools. 2010-2011.

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