Storm watching in style at Tofino's Wickaninnish Inn

An old shake and shingle cabin noses out to the ocean’s edge. With its wraparound windows it sits on a rocky point like a prow, just west of the Wickaninnish Inn in Tofino. It was built by Dr. Howard McDiarmid — the doctor in the area from 1955 to 1969, a B.C. MLA who fought for Pacific Rim National Park and road improvements to Tofino, a Seabee amphibious aircraft pilot, an important part of Tofino history.
One of his dreams was to build a luxury inn on Chesterman Beach. (A more mod