Our drive began at the Atlantic Terminus or Mile 0 of Trans-Canada Highway 1. The other end is 4,860 miles away at St. John's in Newfoundland. We have been at both ends!
Our destination was the town of Ucluelet near the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve. Along the way we visited the town of Duncan to look at some of their collection of more than 40 totem poles. We also stopped at the Goats on the Roof - Old Country Market in Coombs to look at the grass rooftop residents Pip and Penny.
Ucluelet, which means "people with a safe landing place" in the local First Nations language, is the starting point for the Wild Pacific Trail. The trail goes along the coast and through rainforest. We walked a section of the trail in the evening to look at the still active Amphitrite Point Lighthouse. The first lighthouse built at this site in 1906 was destroyed by a tidal wave in January 1914. It was rebuilt and has been in service since March 1915.
