Could shifting gears from forestry to tourism become a big BC payoff? – Capital Daily

March 3, 2026

With over 400 Indigenous tourism-related businesses open in 2023 supporting 9,962 jobs, First Nations may be just “scratching the surface” of an industry filled with opportunity.

At the mouth of the Jordan River in Pacheedaht First Nation territory, the tide is pushing.

Heat from a February sun warms the face as sets of friendly waves roll in under the backdrop of the Olympic Mountains. Parking at the day-use area of this regional park is squeezed on this fine Friday away from the screen.

The tugboat Miss Jordan cruises by a bob of surfers, dragging a line of thick rope toward a raft of floating logs, known in these parts as a log boom. Some of the surfers catch a wave toward the cobble shoreline and then exit the water.

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