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onshore rooms and has a large fleet of boats for fishing charters. Most people staying here
do so on a multi-night fishing package, costing from $439 per person for two nights.
Island West Resort (160 Hemlock St., 250/726-7515, www.islandwestresort.com ,
$109 s or d) has its own marina right on the inlet and serves as the base of operations
for a wide range of charter boats. The resort also has a good restaurant and pub. In the
heightofsummer,rooms—eachwithfullkitchen—runfromareasonable$109forasingle
or double. Campers should backtrack to Ucluelet Campground (260 Seaplane Base Rd.,
250/726-4355, www.uclueletcampground.com , Mar.-Oct., $41-46 per site), along the way
into town.
Food
Get your morning caffeine fix along with chocolate-cluster muffin at Cynamoka Coffee
House (1536 Peninsula Rd., 250/726-3407, 6am-4pm daily, lunches $10-16). Cynamoka
also has full breakfasts and decent fish and chips. It's through town, up a steep driveway
to the right. Anglers head to the waterfront pub at Island West Resort (160 Hemlock St.,
250/726-7515, from 11:30am-10pm daily, $14-24). For its creative presentation of local
specialties and an inviting ambience, M Norwoods (1714 Peninsula Rd., 250/726-7001,
6pm-11pm daily, $26-34) is one of my favorite island restaurants. The menu is very sea-
sonal, with seafood purchased daily from local fishing boats. If you're camping or have
access to a barbecue, stop at Oyster Jim's (1902 Peninsula Rd., 250/726-7565) to pick up
fresh oysters that open naturally over hot coals.
MM PACIFIC RIM NATIONAL PARK
NamedforitslocationontheedgeofthePacificOcean,thisparkencompassesalong,nar-
rowstripofcoastthathasbeenbatteredbytheseaforeons.Theparkcomprisesthreeunits,
each different in nature and accessed in different ways. The section at the end of Highway
4isthe Long Beach Unit, namedforan11-kilometer(6.8-mile)stretchofbeachthatdom-
inates the landscape. Accessible by vehicle, this is the most popular part of the park and is
particularly busy in July and August. To the south, in Barkley Sound, the Broken Group
Islands Unit encompasses an archipelago of 100 islands, accessible by the MV Frances
Barkley from Port Alberni. Farther south still is the West Coast Trail Unit, named for the
famous 77-kilometer (48-mile) hiking trail between Port Renfrew and Bamfield.