Juan De Fuca Provincial Park — Attraction in Juan de Fuca Electoral Area

If this is one of your first hikes, I think you'll enjoy this adventure. However, if you've experienced a lot and are avid hiking enthusiasts, you'll be quite disappointed. We spent a total of four nights on the trail, and the weather was fantastic. Unfortunately, our water filter broke right at the beginning, but we were able to drink the water without filtering it, and despite the dry conditions, there was plenty of water available everywhere. Along the way, we made friends with many great people, and it was nice to strike up conversations and even borrow a water filter from some of them.

This trail is essentially through the forest from start to finish. The trees around you are truly magnificent. However, this hike constantly goes up and down through the forest, and you end up spending the whole day looking at the ground to avoid tripping on tree roots. Very occasionally, you reach the coast with some nice views, and when you arrive at the campsite in the evening, you're finally on the beach, which you can fully enjoy after a day of walking through the forest.

And that's about it, my friends. Forest, forest, forest, and then as a reward, you get the beach in the evening. For those of you who had the opportunity to visit the West Coast Trail, Juan de Fuca will be a huge disappointment. There aren't many opportunities to capture beautiful moments with your camera. The advantage of this hike is that you don't have to book it in advance. The downside is that the beaches where you spend the night are accessible from local roads and you often encounter people who came just for a day visit or to camp for one night.

For me, this was one of my least favorite hikes in all of Canada. My top choices are still the West Coast Trail, followed by Assiniboine near Canmore in Alberta, Berg Lake near Jasper, Garibaldi Lake with the stunning Mt. Price, Panorama Ridge, and Black Tusk, and finally, The Two Lions in Cypress Provincial Park. Overall, they take reasonably good care of the trail, especially in places accessible to tourists. You'll find paths there that are almost paved with gold, but deeper into the forest, it can be quite rough. But perhaps we can talk more about that another time.

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What an incredible experience! Stayed here with my partner and his daughter for 5 nights in August 2019. The campground is really well taken care of. Beautiful trees and a great hike down to the ocean. Outhouses were kept clean and there was plenty of good firewood to purchase. Also noticed that the other campers here were pretty courteous - which probably had a lot to do with Peter, who was taking care of the campground. He was an incredible ambassador for the place and has a great way of connecting with people - adults and kids alike love him! He really made our stay there even better than it could have been. He went above and beyond with tips and helping us get to Juan de Fuca trail so that we could hike in and camp overnight on the beach (highly recommended!). Not sure how we would have done it without him!! Looking forward to going...

We weren't able to find sites but it's a beautiful looking regional park. It reminds me alot of Goldstream park outside of Victoria if you've ever been, very similar layout with the sites, reservation/check in system, and the actual area itself. Beautifully tree'd area and sites allow for somewhat privacy between campers. All sites seem to be mostly leveled and we'll maintained, each with a proper fire ring for when they're allowed. The check in board lists that they have FCFS sites available but we didn't see any anywhere in the park so not sure about that, however when the reserved sites aren't booked and are available they post them up on the check in board as available sites at least so check there if you're looking and...