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On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > hi, > > 4wd not needed, but is useful on some steep loose gravel. Roads from Port > Renfrew to Cowichan - one is paved, and one (Gordon River watershed route) > is not. From Victoriha to P. Renfrew then back to Victoria via road to > Cowichan would take about 4-5 hrs (including stops at various sights). > > Victoria to Nitinat Village (not going via Cowichan, not P. Renfrew) takes > about 2.5 - 3.0 hrs. From Nitinat area to Bamfield is another hour. > Bamfield to P. Alberni, well maybe 2 hrs? > > > Fellow listmember David B. and I went on trip from Victoria to P. Alberni > - the back way - a year ago last April when e came out west on his "Twenty > Eleven N.A. Tour". Some pics of that trip here on my blog > > > http://shufti.wordpress.com/2011/04/07/another-logging-road-trip/ > > cheers > > alistair > > > > > On 2012-07-10, at 10:47 PM, Gab and Em wrote: > > > John, > > Really good stuff. Really. > > > > Was 4WD useful or required? > > > > Tell me, is the road to Lake Cowichan paved? > > > > Would it be obvious to navigate from P. Renfrew to Carmanah (the upstream > > park) by the back roads? (Or would I need a map, and no bored toddlers > > shouting.) How long would that take, roughly? (A key bridge was washed > > out c. 1996; not sure if or when it was rebuilt.) > > > > And from Carmanah to Bamfield and Bamfield to P. Alberny? (roughly) Are > > any of those roads paved, or signed? (Am I making you laugh?) > > > > Thanks, > > Gab > > Once a VanIsler. > |
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