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On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> hi,
>
> 4wd not needed, but is useful on some steep loose gravel. Roads from Port
> Renfrew to Cowichan - one is paved, and one (Gordon River watershed route)
> is not. From Victoriha to P. Renfrew then back to Victoria via road to
> Cowichan would take about 4-5 hrs (including stops at various sights).
>
> Victoria to Nitinat Village (not going via Cowichan, not P. Renfrew) takes
> about 2.5 - 3.0  hrs. From Nitinat area to Bamfield is another hour.
> Bamfield to P. Alberni, well maybe 2 hrs?
>
>
> Fellow listmember David B. and I went on trip from Victoria to P. Alberni
> - the back way - a year ago last April when e came out west on his "Twenty
> Eleven N.A. Tour". Some pics of that trip here on my blog
>
>
> http://shufti.wordpress.com/2011/04/07/another-logging-road-trip/
>
> cheers
>
> alistair
>
>
>
>
> On 2012-07-10, at 10:47 PM, Gab and Em wrote:
>
> > John,
> > Really good stuff.  Really.
> >
> > Was 4WD useful or required?
> >
> > Tell me, is the road to Lake Cowichan paved?
> >
> > Would it be obvious to navigate from P. Renfrew to Carmanah (the upstream
> > park) by the back roads?  (Or would I need a map, and no bored toddlers
> > shouting.)  How long would that take, roughly?  (A key bridge was washed
> > out c. 1996; not sure if or when it was rebuilt.)
> >
> > And from Carmanah to Bamfield and Bamfield to P. Alberny? (roughly)  Are
> > any of those roads paved, or signed? (Am I making you laugh?)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Gab
> > Once a VanIsler.
>