| Cape Scott Provincial Park is a truly magnificent area of rugged coastal wilderness that is located at the northwestern tip of Vancouver Island, 563 kilometers from Victoria.
Established in 1973 and named after the site of a lighthouse that has guided mariners since 1960, Cape Scott is characterized by more than 115 kilometers of scenic ocean frontage, including about 30 kilometers of spectacular remote beaches.
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The park stretches from Shushartie Bay in the east, then westward around Cape Scott and south to San Josef Bay. Rocky promontories, salt marshes and jagged headlands punctuate the fine-textured, white-sand beaches. The most impressive of these beaches, Nels Bight, stretches more than 2,400 meters long and 210 meters wide at low tide, and is one of the Park’s most popular camping destinations. Other significant beaches include San Josef Bay, Guise Bay, Experiment Bight, Lowrie Bay and Nissen Bight.
Visitors can choose between a day hike or a backpacking excursion to explore the sandy beaches, rainforests and lowland bogs and muskeg of this wilderness park. For information about hiking trails, click here.
Anyone contemplating a visit to Cape Scott Provincial Park should be prepared for such adverse weather conditions as high winds and heavy rain, which are common at all times of the year.
 
Special Note for Visitors
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contemplating a visit to Cape Scott Provincial Park are reminded
that the park is a wilderness area without supplies or equipment
of any kind. Parts of the trail are very muddy. Holberg, located 16 km from the
trailhead, is the nearest settlement. Visitors should be in
possession of suitable maps.
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Even though Cape Scott is a wilderness park, a variety
of tourist facilities are located nearby in Port Hardy, Port
McNeill, Holberg and Port Alice. Accommodation in these
communities is limited, so reservations are recommended. Consult
the Accommodation and Campground Directory published by Tourism
British Columbia for names, addresses and other pertinent
information.
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National Topographic Series maps, scale 1:50,000, Index
No. 102, Sheets 1/9 and 1/16 cover the Cape Scott area. These
maps are available from most map retailers in British Columbia.
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There is no longer a campsite, hut or pit toilet at
Donaldson Farm.
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There are now pit toilets at Guise Bay and Fisherman
River.
The
Federal Government dismantled the boardwalk and suspension bridges
between the lighthouse and foghorn at the Cape itself
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