Port Hardy, BC: Live the Adventure
The North Island is more rugged and isolated than the area South of Campbell River. An extensive network of logging road connects Port Hardy to many sections of remote coastline and isolated beaches. In addition to the adventure opportunities available immediately adjacent to Port Hardy and the other North Island communities traveling further North via boat opens an immense and largely unpopulated area for you to explore. You can even chase the Inside Passage all the way North to Alaska.
- Port Hardy, as the name implies, is a harbour town. The local BC ferry terminal is a lifeline to the remote communities between Port Hardy and Prince Rupert, for many of these communities the ferry fleet out of Port Hardy provides the only regular source of food and other supplies.
- At it's peak as a fishing, mining and lumber town Port Hardy
had a population of more than 10,000. Today that number dwindles to less than 5000 as the resource industries struggle to keep pace with reduced supply. Recreational fishermen still flood the area in summer when the Halibut and Salmon fishing is at its peak but the rest of the year remains rather quiet as the town hunkers down for the next wave of wet winter weather.
- There are no notable mountains in the Northern section of Vancouver Island and nearly all the recreation is in some way connected to the ocean. Cape Scott Park is a remote, rugged, wind swept region of inland trails, vast beaches and stunted coastal trees. The area is phenomenal in good weather and a tribute to the stubborn toughness of the locals in poor weather. You owe it to yourself to experience this region!
