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Port Alberni (/ æ l ˈ b ɜːr n i /) is a city located on Vancouver Island in the province of British Columbia, Canada. The city lies within the Alberni Valley at the head of the Alberni Inlet, Vancouver Island's longest inlet. Port Alberni currently has a total population of 18,259.
Highway 4 enters the city limits of Port Alberni 2 km (1.2 mi) west of the main spur into the city, and 5 km (3 mi) later, exits Port Alberni via a bridge over the Somass River. Tofino was a strong advocate of the Trans-Canada Highway system, and this sign was erected in the hope that Highway 4 would become part of the TCH.
Alberni Valley is a broad valley located at the head of Alberni Inlet on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It is home to Port Alberni , Sproat Lake and other outlining areas. The term is largely used as a synonym for Greater Port Alberni and adjoining communities but is used in a larger regional sense as well.
The Alberni–Clayoquot Regional District of British Columbia is located on west central Vancouver Island. [3] Adjacent regional districts it shares borders with are the Strathcona and Comox Valley Regional Districts to the north, and the Nanaimo and Cowichan Valley Regional Districts to the east. The regional district offices are located in ...
Alberni Valley Regional Airport (IATA: YPB, TC LID: CBS8) is located 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) northwest of Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada. See also [ edit ]
Exposed to the open Pacific, Alberni Inlet has been subject to tsunamis. The largest in historic times was the result of the Good Friday earthquake in Alaska in 1964, and destroyed part of downtown Port Alberni. The narrow inlet amplified the size and intensity of the wave, and when it struck the two towns it had a height of 2.4 metres (8 ft).
Port Alberni BC 49°14′04″N 124°48′18″W / 49.2344°N 124.805°W / 49.2344; -124.805 ( Port Alberni City Port Alberni municipality ( 18427 )
Aerial view of central Port Alberni showing the Somass entering the Alberni Inlet. Somass River is a river on Vancouver Island, in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Its drainage basin is 1,412 square kilometres (545 sq mi) in size. [1] The river's name comes from a Nuu-chah-nulth word meaning "washing".