Hakai Beach Institute
research, education, recreation
  
 

 

Change of Ownership and Focus

We are proud to be the new owners of the Hakai Beach Resort, most recently known as The Cliffs at Hakai Beach. We have ambitious plans for this legendary and almost supernaturally beautiful property on Calvert Island on the British Columbia Central Coast. The site will be occupied by a non-profit organization, the Hakai Beach Institute, which is funded by the Tula Foundation (www.tula.org). The Institute will house programs that foster Ecosystem Based Management of the ecological and cultural treasures we are blessed to have on our doorstep:

  • Our own 88 hectare (215 acre) site, with its extensive beaches, dunes, forests, wetlands and lakes.
  • The rest of Calvert Island (161 sq km), which is 100% protected under the Great Bear Rainforest Agreement.
  • The Hakai Luxvbalis Conservancy which surrounds our site and includes all but the southern end of Calvert Island. At over 1200 sq km, it is the largest marine protected area on the BC coast. Our property is one of only a very few parcels of private land within the conservancy.
  • The nearby Koeye River (18 sq km) and Penrose-Ripon (2.2 sq km) Conservancies.
  • The entire Great Bear Rainforest, which includes Calvert Island and the above-mentioned conservancies, and encompasses 64,000 sq km of the BC coast, is all within reach.

We will focus on three mutually reinforcing themes:

  • Research
  • Education
  • Recreation
The Hakai Beach Institute will continue the partnerships established by the Tula Foundation on the Central Coast:

  • The neighboring First Nations: Heiltsuk, Wuikinuxv, Nuxalk and Kitasoo
  • The BC universities and colleges
  • BC Parks, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, and other government agencies
  • NGOs and other organizations that share our vision for the BC Central Coast

 

 

 

 

  

We are inspired by this glorious landscape

You are looking east at our 215-acre site, with the open Pacific Ocean at your back. Our North Beach is on the left; our West Beach is on the right. Kwakshua Channel in the background extends back out towards the Inside Passage and the mountains and glaciers of the North American continent beyond. (Photo by Rich Osborne of LandQuest)

Visitors

This year our facilities will mainly be used for meetings, conferences, courses and fundraising. We will encourage activities that take full advantage of our fabulous beaches and the other natural riches of the Hakai Luxvbalis Conservancy and the First Nations cultural heritage, which reaches back 10,000 years in this part of the world.

We regret that because of these anticipated changes and the work that will be required to bring them to fruition, we are unable to accept reservations for the 2010 season at this time.

Note to Sports Fishermen

We are sorry that we no longer operate as a sports fishing resort. If you are looking for an alternative, we recommend the following operators: