Spruce Fringe Trail & Combers Beach
"Closer to the sea, the trees contort and huddle together against the weather. The ocean's influence has created the spruce fringe but also limits plant growth and form. Strong winds, laden with salt spray and abrasive sand have shorn off the seaward tips of the trees, pruning them into a tight wedge. Behind this living windbreak, other spruce are able to grow tall and straight. Inside the krummholz tunnel the dense tree canopy blocks the light so few plants can grow on the forest floor. Instead, some shrubs have grown as tall as the trees!" A short side trail leads to Combers Beach. Combers Beach is yet another beautiful and huge beach. Similar to the neighbouring Long Beach it is fun for everyone with lots of room to play and stunning sunsets. Here is an aerial video of Combers Beach starting from the entrance of a little log house. Directions to the Spruce Fringe Trail & Combers Beach
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It lays just outside of Pacific Rim National Park and as a result has a local feel that you don't get from most other beaches. From the wind battered houses that line the beach though shrouded in the coastal forest, to the magnificent Wickaninnish Inn sprawling to the ocean, Chesterman Beach is a beautiful beach oasis.
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