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2 unusual facts about Tofino


Sneaker wave

These sneaker waves also occur on the west coast of Canada, they are commonly seen in Tofino and Ucluelet.

Tofino

The Big Year - (Filmed in May 2010) A comedy about three birders competing to see the most birds in a single year.


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1964 Alaska earthquake

The tsunami then reached Tofino, on the exposed west coast of Vancouver Island, and traveled up a fjord to hit Port Alberni twice, washing away 55 homes and damaging 375 others.

Carol Windley

Born in Tofino, British Columbia and raised in British Columbia and Alberta, Windley's debut short story collection, Visible Light (1993) won the 1993 Bumbershoot Award, and was nominated for the 1993 Governor General's Award for English Fiction and the 1994 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize.

School District 70 Alberni

The board office and the majority of the schools are located in Port Alberni but the district extends to the west to include Ucluelet, Tofino, and Bamfield.


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