Canso Plane Wreck – Canso Bomber Ruins Trail loop from Radar Hill Rd Parking Lot

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Canso Plane Wreck – Canso Bomber Ruins Trail loop from Radar Hill Rd Parking Lot

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Canso Plane Wreck – Canso Bomber Ruins Trail loop from Radar Hill Rd Parking Lot

01:17

4.75km

60m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 5, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Pacific Rim National Park Reserve - Long Beach Unit

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.46 km

Abandoned workshop with graffiti

Highlight • Structure

It's anything but a bunker. It's far too lightly built and unstable. But I still have to figure out what a workshop with a loading ramp in the middle of the forest is supposed to do.

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2.36 km

Canso Plane Wreck

Highlight • Monument

Airplane ruin in the middle of the forest. You can go around the outside and take a look inside. Definitely worth it, the hiking trail there is also very beautiful, only often very muddy.

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2.38 km

From the Pacific Rim Highway, the Canso Bomber Ruins Trail leads to a low ridge where the ruins of a building stand. The former utility building is covered in graffiti. The trail continues down a muddy, root-filled path into a wetland; rubber boots are recommended for the hike. Fortunately, wooden planks have been laid in the depression, allowing us to reach the site where the plane wreckage was left with dry feet.
The wreckage fascinated more than just us; on no other hike on Vancouver Island did we encounter so many people. (May 17, 2025)

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4.75 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.99 km

1.75 km

Surfaces

2.90 km

1.81 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Today

Friday 9 October

16°C

8°C

28 %

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Comments

May 17, 2025,🇨🇦 BC Vancouver Island - Canso Bomber Ruins Trail, Pacific Rim National Park Reserve

On the Pacific Rim Highway, about 10 km from Tofino, lies the Radar Hill parking lot. This is the starting point for the walk to the aircraft crash site. The Royal Canadian Air Force's Canadian Vickers crashed at the foot of Radar Hill shortly after takeoff in February 1945. All 12 passengers survived the crash.
asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/338715
The trail to the …

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