Preserved by Indigenous oral history, and evidenced by signs of epic violence still visible on the landscape, this is the story of the last time seismic cataclysm came to the lands that are now British Columbia
The worst maritime disaster in BC history was also one of its most cruel
The Big One will kill 1,850 if it hits Tofino at the height of summer. The only thing that can stop it is getting ignored.
Virtually the entire historic downtown would have been flattened
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