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Air
Nootka is recognized as the official carrier for
transporting hikers to the Nootka Trail. We offer a
convenient and reliable service that provides more efficient
access to the trailhead via Gold River than any other
transportation option. Your flight will depart from
our floatplane base in Gold River, fly down Muchalat Inlet to Nootka
Sound, and then out to the west |
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coast of Nootka Island. We will fly you over the
whole length of the Nootka Trail, so you can see the
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Louie Lagoon, (also
known as Starfish Lagoon), the kick off point for hiking the
Nootka Trail, is your next destination.
The trapped waters of
Louie Lagoon provide an excellent protected landing area, which is
only accessible by floatplane. The shallow and narrow northwest
entrance (not accessible to boat traffic) to the lagoon makes for
limited tidal fluctuation, and thus a floatplane can taxi to a
small beach so hikers will only have to take a step or two in
ankle to knee-deep water to gain access to the shore. A 30-minute
hike along a flagged path through the high timbers and low fern
growth of Nootka Island's rain forest brings hikers to the rolling
surf of the open Pacific Ocean at Third Beach, the true start of
the Nootka Trail.
There are a couple
of guidebooks for the Nootka Trail, and lots of information on the
hike on the Internet. See our Links page for a start.
Click here for Tide chart for Nootka Trail |
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Rates
The flight into Louie Lagoon is a charter flight. You can book
your flight to suit your itinerary, subject to aircraft
availability. We have two types of aircraft, one Cessna 185 and
two De Havilland Beavers.
Cessna: takes up to 3 passengers and a maximum weight of
750 lbs (passengers and baggage)
Price: $415.80 (total for flight) GST not included
Beaver: takes up to 5 passengers and a maximum weight of 1100 lbs
(passengers and baggage)
Price: $623.50 (total for flight) GST not
included
See chart below, to help you calculate rates according to your
group size:
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Aircraft |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
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Cessna |
$415.80 |
$207.90 |
$138.60 |
n/a |
n/a |
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Beaver |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
$155.93 |
$124.74 |
Cessna - max. weight
750 lbs
Beaver - max. weight 1100 lbs
Depending on the size
of your group, you may need one, two, or even three airplanes. If
you are a large group requiring a couple of floatplanes to
accommodate your party, it is great fun to fly side by side!
There is also the option of flying from Friendly Cove back to
Gold River, instead of returning by watercraft, and the rates
are as follows:
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Cessna:
$231.00 (GST not included) plus $10 docking fee. |
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Beaver:
$346.50 (GST not included) plus $10 docking fee. |
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Nootka Trail |
Mowachaht/Muchalaht Trail
fees:
This $45 fee per person, payable to the Mowachaht/Muchalaht
First Nations Band is to allow access to cross their
three reserve sites on Nootka Island and access to their
facilities at Friendly Cove. This fee can be paid in
cash at the Air Nootka office, Tsaxanna Band office or
Friendly Cove.
For further information, please refer to
http://www.yuquot.ca/nootkatrail.html
The Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation now offers youth
and group rates.
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If you decide
to pay your trail fees at the Air Nootka office, we will issue
your group a receipt on behalf of the Mowachaht/Muchalaht
First Nations. Keep this receipt on your person for the
duration of your hike. You will also need it to board the
Uchuck III, the boat service back to Gold River, if that is
how you choose to return from Friendly Cove.
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