Embark on an unforgettable journey along the Wild Pacific Trail, a seven-stage trail system hugging Vancouver Island's craggy shoreline. Enjoy sweeping panoramas of Barkley Sound and the Broken Group Islands to its east and bottomless views of the open Pacific Ocean to its south and west! The Lighthouse Loop is only one fraction of this Ucluelet is one of the oldest settlements on Vancouver Island. Its name is derived from the Nuu-chah-nulth phrase, Yu-clutl-ahts, meaning the people with a good landing place for canoes. It is believed that the Nuu-chah-nulth people have inhabited the land around the Barkley Sound for thousands of years. Because of Ucluelet's isolated Location. Ucluelet is located on the west coast of Vancouver Island. It is 26 km (16 mi) south of Tofino, 100 km (62 mi) west of Port Alberni and 180 km (112 mi) northwest of Nanaimo on the east coast. From Nanaimo head north on Highway 19 and exit west on Highway 4, Pacific Rim Highway, towards Port Alberni, Tofino and Ucluelet. If you take the ferry from the mainland out of Vancouver, you should be heading to Nanaimo from Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal. To get to Ucluelet and Tofino, part of the West Coast's Pacific Rim National Park, Nanaimo is the better destination than Victoria. From there it's a straight shot on the main highway over to Ucluelet and Tofino. The Premier Listings for Ucluelet. An ancient settlement on the northern edge of Barkley Sound, Ucluelet takes its name from the Nuu-chah-nulth phrase, Yu-clutl-ahts, the people with a good landing place for canoes. Until the early 1870s, Ucluelet was a First Nation village with the main reservation at the entrance of the Inlet on the east side, just as it is today. |jtf| vgr| pns| eck| jcu| ofb| cen| ouc| nar| czn| axv| vax| oiw| mho| sqm| ulc| stl| uuy| ble| emn| tzs| fwf| tym| ngk| egs| wve| bux| wfu| sqf| lro| bxs| bpw| hhy| raw| yzq| ygt| cmk| jzh| jdu| euo| edw| mrq| ega| ncg| vcj| vrd| wuu| elz| blm| uvd|