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I was on Vancouver Island for Canada Day weekend in 2014. On Canada Day we drove back from Tofino to catch the ferry at Nanaimo.

Somewhere along the way was a river on the left side of the road. We hopped off the road and onto the rocks, and I took this photo:

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I'm trying to figure out where it was. All I have is that I referred to it as 'cascades' but not sure if it was officially called that, and that it was on the left side of the road, heading to Nanaimo. We took the road through Port Alberni, if I remember correctly.

Can anyone locate it?

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As is always the way, I finally asked on here and then my next search located the answer for it. The answer is Kennedy River Cascade:

It is a popular stopping point about half way between Port Alberni and Ucluelet/Tofino and a place to take a break before Highway 4 begins to wind its way down to Kennedy Lake. On the west side of the Sutton Pass, the Kennedy River falls down through a cascade of boulders that look like they’ve been tossed there by giants. The water here has worn the rock into smooth sculptures and the unique, and accessible, landscape is popular with tourists.

The image on the linked page almost perfectly matches the angle of the mountains in the distance.

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