While we consider the entire peninsula here along the West Coast a playground for adventure, there are also parks and playgrounds for young and young-at-heart to enjoy.
Pack a picnic or order some food to go. Let the kids run and play while you enjoy the views of the harbour. Tofino has playgrounds, Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, and 3 parks nearby.
Cougar Annie’s garden
Approximately 2 hours by boat from Tofino Harbour, in Hesquiaht territory, homesteader Ada Annie Rae-Arthur, her first of 4 husbands and children began the Boat Basin Farm in 1915. She cleared the land and established a garden, post office, and fur trade, and is said to have shot over 50 cougars for bounty payments - making her Cougar Annie. Since her passing in 1985, the garden has been restored and maintained by the Boat Basin Foundation. Visit as a group day trip or stay at the off-grid Temperate Rainforest Field Study Centre cabins.