2 days at Ucluelet and I am just figuring out how to pronounce it or even think it, consistently. you-clue’-let. We were fortunate to be able to get dock space at the Small Boat Marina here. The harbormaster moved some boats around then helped us squeeze in as the wind blew us away from the dock. The marina caters to sports fishermen and commercial fishing trawlers.
It was nice to have 50 amp power so as not to have to run the generator for heating water and cooking on the stovetop. After several days at anchor, the boat batteries were also taking an exceptional amount of time to charge above 85%.
The wildlife makes itself at home in Ucluelet.
The main road in Ucluelet runs the length of the Peninsula to the Amphitrite Lighthouse. The original 1906 wood framed lighthouse was built after the 1905 wreck of the Pass of Melfort on the reefs of this peninsula. That lighthouse didn’t last long, destroyed by a winter storm in 1914. The current house was completed after a herculean effort by March 1915, and finally electrified in 1988.
Hard to believe, it’s over a century old and still working.
The West Coast of Vancouver Island is known as the Graveyard of the Pacific for good reason.
The Graveyard of the Pacific
We would love to return to Ucluelet in the future to hike some of the other trails along this beautiful coastline.
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