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Alberni-Clayoquot

Stamp Falls and Canyon – View of Stamp River loop from Alberni Valley Regional Airport

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Canada

British Columbia

Alberni-Clayoquot

Stamp Falls and Canyon – View of Stamp River loop from Alberni Valley Regional Airport

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4.0

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Stamp Falls and Canyon – View of Stamp River loop from Alberni Valley Regional Airport

01:58

7.23km

110m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: July 30, 2026

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Stamp River Provincial Park

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409 m

Stamp Falls and Canyon

Highlight • Waterfall

The waterfall can be reached by easy walking trails that wind through the lush forest and past rapids. The park is named after the pioneer who built the earliest sawmill in Port Alberni.
One of the park's main attractions is the annual migration of thousands of Pacific salmon that circle in the pool below Stamp Falls before ascending the fish ladders on their way to the spawning grounds. Viewpoints along the river offer excellent views of the salmon battling their way up the falls. This natural phenomenon occurs every year, beginning in late August with sockeye salmon and continuing with coho and chinook salmon through December.
Salmon are also the reason black bears come to the river.

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601 m

Stamp Falls Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

This easy, well-marked path leads you through a forest of tall cedar and fir trees to a beautiful waterfall. The most interesting thing you can see here happens in the late summer and autumn. If you look down into the river from the viewing platforms, you will see thousands of salmon swimming upstream.

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3.46 km

Stamp River Provincial Park

Nature Reserve

4.27 km

Stamp River

Highlight • River

The Stamp River travels 40 kilometres across Vancouver Island with clear, fast-moving water and healthy salmon runs. The river begins at Stamp Falls, flowing through old-growth and second-growth forest before merging with the Sproat River. Bald eagles can be spotted here quite often hunting the Chinook, Coho, Chum, and Sockeye Salmon who call this river home.

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6.69 km

View of Stamp River

Highlight • Viewpoint

You can watch salmon leap over the waterfalls or use the special "fish ladder" built into the rocks to help them reach their spawning grounds. It is an amazing sight to see so many fish jumping through the white water at once.

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7.23 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

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5.53 km

1.06 km

621 m

Surfaces

4.12 km

1.68 km

1.40 km

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Thursday 30 July

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Stamp Falls and Canyon – View of Stamp River loop from Alberni Valley Regional Airport

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