Charles McDiarmid is the managing director and co-founder of the Wickaninnish Inn in Tofino, BC. Join him as he reminisces about his experience growing up in the small community of Tofino, founding the Wickaninnish Inn, and watching this beautiful British Columbian town grow to the destination that it is today. Visit www.wickinn.com/podcast for images related to each episode.
Charles and his best friend Dana would spend hours on their family's small aluminum boat exploring the inlets and islands of Clayoquot Sound during their youth. In this episode, Charles narrates how they took the boat around Vargas Island on one occasion but encountered challenges returning to Tofino. Charles reflects on their parents' trust in them to handle the situation and the dangers of the sea.
2 Aug 2022
Welcome to A Journey to Nature's Edge
Introducing A Journey To Nature’s Edge podcast.
27 Jul 2022
Settling in Tofino
Long before Tofino became the vibrant destination we know it to be today, it was a remote fishing and logging village on the furthest edge of Vancouver Island’s wild west coast. In 1955, Charles’ parents, Lynn and Dr. Howard McDiarmid, arrived in Tofino as the town’s new nurse and doctor. In this episode, Charles recounts the story of his parents’ meeting, and the events in their lives leading up to their arrival in Tofino. Much like today, the journey was an adventure in itself. At the time...
27 Jul 2022
The Road to Tofino
In this episode, Charles recounts a particularly memorable family road trip over storied Sutton Pass. Nowadays, the drive on Highway 4 is a scenic adventure on your way to the coast; winding by the Kennedy River, over the mountain pass and through towering old-growth forests is a stunning journey. But when Charles was young, the road between Port Alberni to Tofino was a newly built forestry route, meaning it was unpaved and full of logging trucks! Take a ride with Charles as he tells of the ...
27 Jul 2022
Driving to Port Alberni with Dad
To this day, the drive to Tofino has a wonderful sense of excitement to it. Especially the leg from Port Alberni to your destination at the Wickaninnish Inn, where the twisting roads and dense coastal rainforests ignite a feeling of adventure. When Charles was young, these trips only happened a few times a year, making the excitement of “getting on the road” a rare treat. In this episode, Charles reflects on one exceptional trip driving from Tofino to Port Alberni with his dad. Although the ...
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