Bamfield Road Closure Continues as Wildfire Damage Deemed Unsafe

Bamfield Road closure continues as wildfire damage deemed unsafe

The Bamfield Main Road will remain closed for the foreseeable future after engineers deemed a section of the route too dangerous to use following the Mount Underwood wildfire.

Bamfield Road remains closed in wake of wildfire damage - Island Social Trends

Saturday August 23, 2025 | PORT ALBERNI, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends Bamfield Road remains closed due to unsafe conditions. The Ministry of Transportation and Transit released that advisory today, August 23. This is 12 days after the discovery of the Mount Underwood wildfire in the area. The 76 km long […] The post Bamfield Road remains closed in wake of wildfire damage appeared first on Island Social Trends.

Desperate times continue for Nitinaht, as all supplies rely on ‘unsafe’ logging roads | Ha-Shilth-Sa Newspaper

Desperate times continue for Nitinaht, as all supplies rely on ‘unsafe’ logging roads Eric Plummer Fri, 08/22/2025 - 13:47 Nitinaht, BC The effects of a wildfire have once again highlighted the insufficiency of relying on a series of logging roads that lead to remote communities on southwest Vancouver Island, says the Ditidaht First Nation. Since Aug. 11 the road from Port Alberni that leads to Bamfield, Anacla and the Ditidaht First Nation vill…