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Ucluelet (CN78) and Tofino (CN79) are on the west coast of Vancouver Island on the north side of Barkley Sound, another of my favorite fishing areas.   The CN78 site chosen was on the peninsula at the coast guard station.   Trees blocked the path, but it was good for a few South Puget Sound contacts.   Later I moved north 30 minutes to Radar Hill in CN79.  This was a good location, though a thin row of trees still block the view SE to population centers.

 

 

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A SE beach view south of Radar Hill in CN79

 

 

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Radar Hill (CN79) view to the West

 

 

 

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Radar Hill (CN79) scenic lookout parking lot

 

 

 

Ucluelet is 2.5 hours from the Nanaimo Ferry on the eastern coast, my path home after the contest.   I hung up the microphone at 7:30pm Sunday evening.  The sunset above one of the many roadside lakes on the way back across the island provided some great scenery.

 

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A lake roadside in CN78

 

 

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Kids jumping into the water in a carved granite river section

 

 

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Same lake roadside in CN78

 

 

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A look north in the town of Ucluelet CN78