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January/February 2008 - Coastal Living
Wet and Wild
Every winter, lovers of outdoor drama and indoor comfort flock to
Tofino, on the west coast of Canada’s Vancouver Island.
July 2007 - Robb Report
Private Landings
Only a masochist would crave foul weather on a pleasure trip, unless the jaunt is to Tofino, British Columbia, on Vancouver Island's rugged west coast, and the haven from the elements is the Wickaninnish Inn...
June 16, 2007 - Globe and Mail
Getting lost on Tofino time
"What day is it again?" my daughter Kathryn asked as we strolled barefoot along Chesterman Beach early one foggy August morning. Sooner or later, everyone loses track of the calendar in this part of the world. The locals call it "Tofino time," a curious and illusory lengthening of minutes and days that effectively slows the stride and speech of even the most manic arrivals to this tiny seaside town on British Columbia's far left coast.
June 2007 - Islands Magazine
Follow a storm-chaser's odyssey on Canada's west coast
I've finally lost my mind. In the back of my head I can hear my Southern mom saying, "My boy's misplaced all the good sense God gave him."
April 28, 2007 - The Ottawa Citizen
Revelling in 'Tofino Time'
Something about the sound of the ceassingly pounding surf -- rolling all that way across the Pacific from Japan --
calms the stride and senses of even the
most tightly wound traveler. Within 48 hours, you'll have lost track of the days of the week -- and that's
when you know you've settled into that peculiar Canadian time zone known by locals as
"Tofino time." Four days of vacation here is as good as a week anywhere else...
March 16, 2007 - Victoria Times Colonist
At least once, everyone should dine like this
Chef Andrew Springett is softly spoken and not given to boastful anecdotes, but his career path is worth noting...
March 2007 - Outside Magazine
Spin the Globe
We've been tracking the adventure world for more than three decades. Our latest discovery? The planet is more wide open for exploration than ever...
February/March 2007 - mare Magazine
A Stormy Love
Those who come to Vancouver Island come for the wind and waves, for nowhere is bad weather more beautiful than in the Wickaninnish Inn...
January 7, 2007 - New York Times
Embracing Winter Instead of Fleeing It
Balmy waters, sandy beaches and relentless sun might be the most obvious features of a perfect winter getaway, but after a while it gets a little hackneyed to be just another slab of pale flesh nursing a midday daiquiri...
November 10, 2006 - New York Times
A Canadian Resort Goes Hollywood
The Wickaninnish Inn in the British Columbia town of Tofino has Champagne breakfasts, individual plunge pools overlooking the Pacific Ocean, and a guest book that the inn's owner, Charles McDiarmid, tries hard to keep under wraps...
December 9, 2006 - Globe and Mail
Calm Before the Storm
Jake MacDonald and his girlfriend needed a break. She wanted hot stones massages, and he wanted to watch the tempests rage. At a pair if Vancouver Island inns, they found what they were looking for - and then some...
November 2006 - Special Events Magazine
Destination Known
Weddings, corporate meetings and incentive programs flourish in the far corners of the world, resulting in attendees experiencing not just a special event but also a special location...
December/January 2007 - Opulence Magazine
Wild Winds and West Coast Waves
Sinking back on the sun-warmed wood of a deck chair, I find myself sighing...again. I am sheltered in a nook of the wall of the Ancient Cedars Spa, wrapped in fleece blankets over my thick cotton robe...
October 20, 2006 - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Vancouver Island is a Beauty of a Dining Experience
Just a drive and a ferry ride away, Vancouver Island inhabits a different, more distilled culinary land than Seattle, a verdant, cloder-to-nature version of our citified longings for fresh foods and smooth style...
October 24, 2006 - The Vancouver Sun
Tofino and Oyster a Perfect Combo
The annual festival of the zinc-packed seafood delicacy makes a trip to Vancouver Island in November alluring...
October 2, 2006 - The Daily Telegraph
The Perfect Storm
Elemental wildness meets 21st-century comfort. Jannette Griffiths samples a storm-watching holiday on the remote coasts of British Columbia...
Summer 2006 - InnFocus Magazine
The Wickaninnish Inn - A Family Dream Come True
Charles McDiarmid was born and raised in Tofino, although he wasn't technically born there. His father was the only doctor in Tofino at the time, and since doctors cannot deliver their own children, Charles' mother went to Winnipeg to give birth...
March 2006 - eco-structure.com
A Canadian Hotel Offers Guests a Chance to View Nature up Close
When staying at a hotel, there are certain things you expect from your home away from home - a comfortable bed, opaque drapes, a well-stocked mini bar, wireless Internet and, perhaps, a chocolate on your pillow...
February 1, 2006 - The Vancouver Sun
No More Naked Dashes to the Pacific
My last (and only other) spa-type experience on Long Beach on Vancouver Island was in 1970 and involved sweating in a home-made driftwood-and-tarp sauna and then dashing naked through the rain into the rolling Pacific...
Winter 2006 - Western Living Magazine
The Beach
In western Canada there is really only one spot to build a home on the open surf. Welcome to Chesterman Beach , home of the world's weirdest land rush...
Autumn 2005 - The Chef's Table by Jurgen Gothe, Nuvo Magazine
Andrew Springett: Sublime Food at Pacific's Edge
The chef is not unfamiliar with the stresses of cooking for the occasional culinary critic. But 80 of them? All at the same time? And for the whole weekend?...
May 4, 2005 - The Globe and Mail
Top B.C. Chef, Winemaker to Team up at Tofino Fest
Foodies, take note: Next month, the Tofino Food and Wine Festival will feature a winemaker's dinner combining the skills of Andrew Springett, the chef at the Wickaninnish Inn's acclaimed Pointe Restaurant...
April / May 2005 - Christophorus 313, The Porsche Magazine
Sand Castle: The Wickaninnish Inn is a Beach Hotel in the Truest Sense of the Word
Even the latest model plasma flat screen TV could get a full-blown inferiority complex here in Tofino - not even the fanciest among them could stand up to this. The competition? Wall-to-wall, ceiling-to-floor...
March 10, 2005 - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Around the Northwest: Pampering's Always in Season at the 'The Wick'
VANCOUVER ISLAND -- It's common wisdom that you can never guarantee having good weather on vacation. How about bad weather, though?...
August 15, 2004 - Houston Chronicle
Nature's Edge: Storms Unleash Fury, Awe Vacationers
The wind was howling a gale off the Graveyard of the Pacific. Thirty-foot waves pummeled rocks scant yards from shore. A bone-chilling rain...
April 15, 2004 - Coast Magazine
Northern Light
Vancouver and Vancouver Island offer all a romantic traveler could want, from vibrant city life to luminous natural wonders...
November 30, 2003 - The Denver Post
Riding the Storm Out
Bad-hair day means good time on Vancouver Island's west coast
Many stormwatchers flock to Tofino, British Columbia, where winter storms and hurricane-force winds bring 40-foot waves crashing onto the shores...
November 27, 2003 - The Toronto Star
Victoria is the Perfect Fit, Even in Winter
VICTORIA-Frankly, I'd never been in a rush to visit Vancouver Island. I figured it was a trip that could wait until I was old enough to apply for my pension...
January 12, 2001 - Airlines
West Coast Storm Watching
We could almost taste the salt air whipped up by wild winds and turbulent seas as we set out for Pacific Rim National Park on Vancouver Island's west...
December 31, 2000 - The Philadephia Enquirer Sun
Daily Life Revolves Around the Tide
Daily life revolves around the tide. Folks begin their day by looking at the tidal charts. A 14 foot differential...
December 17, 2000 - The San Diego Union Tribune
Forget Skiing. Forget Snow-Camping. Forget Snow Shoeing. This Winter, I Want to go back to the Wickaninnish Inn...
Forget skiing. Forget snow-camping. Forget snow shoeing. This winter, I want to go back to the Wickaninnish Inn on the west coast of Canada's Vancouver Island to...
November 1, 2000 - Food Arts
The Perfectly Watched Storm
A thicket of Sitka spruce arcs away from the ocean, their treetops bent by the relentless Pacific Ocean tempests that sculpt the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia. In mid March, bulges in the ocean, rising and ebbing every...
September 1, 2000 - Departures Magazine
Abundance is Everywhere
On the wild west coast of Canada's Vancouver Island, nature is symphonic presence. Fierce winter storms thump against the glassed-in enclave of Tofino's Wickaninnish Inn, where tourists actually gather to...
May10, 2000 - L.A. Times
Northern Comfort
My cat had fallen asleep on top of my Bose radio and, with the volume button at her epicenter, produced and exquisite oxymoron: the soundless alarm...
Mar 1, 2000 - Canadian Living Magazine
A Romantic Getaway
You don't just happen upon Wickaninnish Inn. It's a destination, a romantic getaway perched over the frothy waves of the Pacific Ocean on the rugged...
January 20, 2000 - USA Today
Foul Weather Fun
TOFINO, British Columbia - To old-timers who've weathered decades of winter tempests along the wild side of Canada's Vancouver Island, the weekend squall is barely worth hauling out the oilskins and duck boots: a bout of light snow...
January 19, 2000 - The Globe and Mail
Storm Watch
It really was shaping up to be a dark and stormy night. Still, we had only the promise of a storm as we approached the west coast of Vancouver Island. The marine forecast...
October 3, 1999 - Sunset Magazine
Tempests in Tofino
Pray for wind and rain to hit Vancouver Island about this time of year. It's the beginning of storm season in Tofino, the small fishing...
October 1, 1999 - Vogue German Edition (German)
Wickaninnish Inn
"Wickaninnish Inn", ein luxuriöses Hideaway mit 46 Zimmern. Und was tut man dort?...
September 3, 1999 -
Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin (German)
Süddeutsche Zeitung
Wenn sich kein Lüftchen regt und die Sonne richtig schön scheint, können die Gäste hier schon mal sauer werden. Schliesslich kommen sie wegen des schlechten Wetters: Es ist Stormwatching-Season...
August 1, 1999 -
Abenteuer & Reisen Magazin (German)
Abenteuer und Reisen
Zu den herausragenden Attraktionen zählt hier das Wetter: je schlechter, desto besser! Regen allein reicht nicht, es muss ein richtiger Sturm sein, der haushohe Wellen...
September 5, 1998 - Alaska Airlines Magazine
British Columbia - Island Retreat
Things are rugged on Vancouver Island's west coast in the winter. The climate is chill and tempestuous. Days are short and gray. The Pacific thrashes the coast like an...
July 25, 1998 - The Times
Back on Dry Land
Back on dry land, I followed the flow of the rivers to the coast and headed to Vancouver by car along the Sea-to-Sky Highway. From Vancouver I took one of the regular light aircraft...
January 4, 1998 - Sunset Magazine
Toast of Tofino
Because we got a late start from Seattle, missed our ferry, reached Nanaimo during thick afternoon traffic, and took an hour longer than planned crossing the snowy mountain pass to the west side of...