Fears that future bicyclists traveling along a path being built through the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve would find themselves away from Tofino were erased Friday morning.
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The Park Reserve香蕉视频直播檚 Superintendent Karen Haugen congratulated Tofino for securing funding to create safe passage between the Park Reserve and the community.
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