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The Cape Scott Trail can be accessed from Port Hardy. The Holberg Road, off Hwy 19, just south of the Town of Port Hardy, is the access point for the Cape Scott Trail. A land shuttle service can be arranged from Port Hardy. www.nothcoasttrailshuttle.com You then follow the road to the San Josef Bay parking lot where the trail begins. This trail takes you to the junction with the new North Coast Trail that continues along the northern coast of Vancouver Island, along beautiful beaches and low elevation trails through the forest. You can also arrive by water taxi from Port Hardy.
There are two different companies that service this area. 1.
Cape Scott Water Taxi, 2. Catala
Charters.
They will bring you to Shushartie Bay entrance to the park. This route will take you along the north coast of Vancouver Island until you reach the junction with the Cape Scott Trail. The second half of this journey takes you down the Cape Scott trail until you reach the San Josef Bay parking lot. North Coast Trail Shuttle can meet you and return you to Port Hardy if you haven't made other arrangements.
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Rocky Beach
A small beach typical of the shoreline conditions
along the beach route east of Irony Creek. |
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Shuttleworth Bight
The beach at Shuttleworth Bight, west of Irony
Creek
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Visitors meet at the Junction
The junction of the North Coast Trail with the
existing Cape Scott Trail
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Rock Beach Platforms
Rock beach platforms with ‘pot-hole’ tide
pools, unusual and similar to those at Botanical Beach on
Southern Vancouver Island |
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Shuttleworth Bight
Beautiful sandy beach at Shuttleworth Bight |
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Cape Sutil
The beach west of Cape Sutil, the northern tip of
Vancouver Island |
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pictures here Courtesy of BC Parks |
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