Talk:West Coast Trail

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Hiker death statistics[edit]

I've removed this as it's not supported by the source: "On average 3.4 hikers perish along the trail per year. ^[1]" The source, by the way, is also full of amusing fictions, particularly about bears. Not a reliable source :) Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 05:45, 1 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Good call - that number seems unreliable. If interested, I did obtain some BC Parks incident data for all of BC including the West Coast Trail from 2017 based on a FOIA public records request. There were no incidents recorded that indicated fatalities that year. More info on the data analysis here:

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/grWY95KSjd4nfrCh/ Bluedefndr (talk) 05:30, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "The West Coast Trail: Step up to the challenge". The Independent (UK). 16 July 2006. Retrieved 2009-04-23.

[1] "The West Coast Trail: Step up to the challenge". The Independent (UK). 16 July 2006. Retrieved 2009-04-23.

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