Ucluelet, Canada Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

UCLUELET (pop. 1733), 8km south of the main Hwy 4 Port Alberni junction, means "People of the Sheltered Bay", from the native word ucluth – "wind blowing in from the bay". It was named by the Nuu-chah-nulth, who lived here for centuries before the arrival of whites who came to exploit some of the world's richest fishing grounds immediately offshore. Today the port is still the third largest in BC by volume of fish landed, a trade that gives the town a slightly dispersed appearance and an industrial fringe – mainly lumber and canning concerns – and makes it a less appealing, … more »