1988 Wilderness Committee trail builders and huge redcedar tree on Meares Island

Meares Island has a amazing groves of very big, very old trees. Make sure the next time you are in Tofino, BC you inquire about taking a short water taxi ride over to the hiking trail, or going on a guided tour. In 1984 the Tla-o-qui-aht and their neighbours, the Ahousat, declared Meares Island a tribal park and off-limits to commercial logging.