Meares Island

Mixed Experience – Beautiful but Risky for Some If you’re a seasoned hiker with the right footwear, this trail has the potential to be a great day out. However, previous reviews didn’t mention some key safety concerns: many of the boardwalks are uneven, loosely secured, or even missing in parts—with significant drops if you slip off. We had hoped to bring along our active and healthy 80-year-old parents, but quickly realized this wasn’t suitable without proper gear or support. We turned back after 20 minutes out of caution. That said, the views are absolutely breathtaking when you can pause to take them in. I’d return on my own to complete the full trail—just with better preparation next time.

Absolutely stunning. We stayed at lone cone doing hosted camping and it was an incredible experience. Bioluminesent water, incredible night skies, canoeing, paddleboarding, hiking and camp fires. We will definitely be back.

It is a beautiful island I have been to 5 times now since I was a little boy and I am thankful to be able to return to my family's reservation on the island and be able to bring my new daughter back and share our family experiences it is priceless and powerful memories

One of the very few old growth forwzt left in tack on Vancouver Island I live our territories (haoothly) wealthy with everything in the forests and on the beaches . My pictures is when I was collecting cedar bark as our ancestors hce done fore generations take care

Our 3rd time to visit the island and it's always new... they've built a dock finally so you no longer have to climb onto the rocks

A must visit!

Very nice have family there

Great spot for the kids to play!