
The Link Between the NAHANNI and the RCAF Station in Ucluelet, BC in 1940
Researched by Lawrence Charnell, owner of the NAHANNI and Kenn Whiteman, President of the Port Alberni Maritime Heritage Society in 2018 Imagine if you will that you have been transported back in time to 1941. Imagine as well that your mode of travel to Ucluelet on Vancouver Island consisted of a ferry ride from Vancouver to Nanaimo, a bus to Port Alberni and finally a five hour journey by steamer down the Alberni Canal. Roads that could have connected Ucluelet with the outsi