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BC Parks inside Cape Scott Parkwhat to expect
Cape Scott Provincial Park is a truly magnificent area of rugged coastal wilderness that is located at the northwestern tip of Vancouver Island, 563 kilometres from Victoria. Established in 1973 and named after the site of a lighthouse that has guided mariners since 1960, Cape Scott is characterized by more than 115 kilometres of scenic ocean frontage, including about 30 kilometres of spectacular remote beaches. The park stretches from Shushartie Bay in the east, then westward around Cape Scott and south to San Josef Bay. Rocky promontories, salt marshes and jagged headlands punctuate the fine-textured, white-sand beaches. The most impressive of these beaches, Nels Bight, stretches more than 2,400 metres long and 210 metres wide at low tide, and is one of the park’s most popular camping de…
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the basics
The campsites
Things to do nearby
Within 5 km — trails, viewpoints, beaches, boat launches you can reach without packing up camp.
Plus 11 user-tagged beaches on OpenStreetMap — visible as pins on the map below.
Water + services
- Nearest potable water
what to bring
This list adapts to Cape Scott Provincial Park. no showers means a travel towel;
If Cape Scott Provincial Park is full
Other places to stay within 25 km.
- Nels Bight Campsite
- Fisherman's Creek
- Nissen Bight West
- Nissen Bight East
- Lowrie Bay Emergency Shelter
- Eric Lake
- Laura Creek Campsite
- San Josef Bay Campsite
Plus 3 user-tagged dispersed sites on OpenStreetMap — often genuine wild-pitches; check access rights before relying on one.