As an American, Alex Nellie set out on a tour boat for Hot Springs Cove from Tofino – she was checking off a trip she had been dreaming about for years.

“I’ve heard about Tofino and the coast here for years, and it always felt so far away, and so I was glad to finally just do it,” said Nellie, a Washington State resident.

Tour guide Alex Frank was at the wheel of the boat, and stopped it to let the boatful of visitors watch six grey whales feeding on the trip to the hot springs in Ahousaht territories.

“I’m so glad I went out and did those things you kind of want to do, that sit in the back of your mind,” Nellie told CHEK News.

The American, who said she was “embarrassed” by the U.S. president imposing tariffs on Canada, is one of many that appear to have made the summer of 2025 one fo

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