We reach Ucluet just before entering the town, this wood culture discovered by a local artist
Around 250 Aboriginals live in Ucluelet today, out of a total population of around 1700.
The Europeans who came to the region were fur traders who mainly wanted trade contacts in order to obtain coveted otter skins. After these were exterminated, they hunted seals, whales and sea otters.

The Presbyterian Church built a mission house and a school.
In 1898 there was the first doctor in the village.
The Canadian Pacific Railway maintained a small cargo boat that travelled to Victoria three times a month.
In 1903, a whaling station was built in Barkley Sound.
There was also a lighthouse and a telegraph station.
Industrial fishing began around 1914.
In the 1920s, several Japanese fishing families came to Ucluelet. By 1930, there were 60 Japanese and only 18 white families living in the village.

For a long time, Ucluelet lived from the timber and fishing industry, especially salmon and tuna.
In the 1980s and especially the 1990s, tourism developed very strongly, to which the establishment of the Pacific Rim National Park contributed significantly.