The Shorepine Bog Trail is just 800 meters long, but it’s one of the most fascinating trails in the Pacific Rim National Park. It's completely different looking than the rain forest landscape through the rest of the park. Looking like a cartoon scene from Dr. Seuss it's full of stunted and dwarfed trees that have been wind swept into all kind of disfigured and unique shapes. To protect the delicate landscape the entire trail through the bog is along a built up boardwalk. Most of the ground surface is covered in carpet of Sphagnum moss that can be several meters thick and is up to 400 … [Read more...]