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What’s happening in Canada this summer?

Vancouver Island, BC

by Susan Musgrave 8 April 2009
Pipers Lagoon Park: Shack Island  (as it’s known by locals), accessible at low tide across a muddy flat sprinkled with oyster- and barnacle-encrusted rocks, is dotted with brightly coloured, abandoned cabins, built in the days when un-serviced island cottages were popular. The history of the island remains a mystery—some say it was settled by fishermen squatters in the 1930s and then passed down through the generations to its current owners. Go for the beachcombing, rock climbing, seal and otter watching, and kayaking. 
 
Karl Triller dreamt of castles and dungeons as a child, and decided to make his dream a reality when he moved to Cortes Island (one of the two Discovery Islands with ferry access). At one time, wolves were abundant on the island, hence his name for the fortress: Wolf Bluff Castle. Known locally as “Karl’s Castle,” it’s a five-storey, triple-turreted, eight-bedroom castle. Its dungeon has a torture chamber, including homemade dummies in various states of torment with placards announcing their sins. If you ask nicely, Karl may even consider letting you stay the night...
 
There are hundreds of kilometres of logging roads onVancouver Island, many now open for the public to explore after working hours. From Port Alberni, 89 km (55 mi) of gravel logging roads lead to one of the island’s most remote communities, Bamfield. It’s a quaint village and staging post for hiking the West Coast Trail, sea kayaking the Broken Group Islands, windsurfing at Nitinat Lake and exploring Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park, home to some of the world’s largest spruce and cedar trees, several estimated to be more than 800 years old.

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