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The District of Tofino voted unanimously this week to amend its outdoor burning bylaw to make portable appliances such as fire pits mandatory for all beach fires in a bid to reduce air and beach pollution.
The home, built in 1999, has 1,206 square feet and has two bedrooms and three bathrooms.
The listing enticed buyers with some atmospheric imagery: “Your own oceanfront condo with excellent views of crashing waves, birds and boats going by. Explore the beach for hours of barefoot wandering through tide pools and shallow water.”
And the location affords the purchaser a lovely brunch or even a spa day at the end of a surf-side stroll along the 2.7-km beach to the famed Wickaninnish Inn. An adventurous winter’s day can also be had surfing some of the island’s best waves.
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The 1999 property measures just over 1,200 square feet and has two bedrooms and three bathrooms. “Your own oceanfront condo with excellent views of crashing waves, birds, and boats going by. Explore the beach for hours of barefoot wandering through tide pools and shallow water,” said the listing, which has since been deleted. Once dependent on resources industries such as commercial fishing, Tofino and Ucluelet are now considered resort communities on Vancouver Island’s west coast. One two-lot luxury offering in Tofino is listed at $18.75 million. It, too, faces Chesterman Beach, a spectacular stretch of sand running 2.7 kilometres. Listings of $1 million or more are not uncommon in the Tofino-Ucluelet area. A treed 40-acre property, with no house, on nearby Catface Mountain is listed for $4.5 million.