Searching for the real Tofino
Cook lives on the small island that’s a short boat ride from Tofino with his partner, Mary Forest.Annie Lax swings her friend on a hammock during Robinson Cook’s birthday party on Calf Island on June 11, 2024. Cook lives on the small island that’s a short boat ride from Tofino with his partner, Mary Forest.Melissa Renwick is a photographer based in Tofino, B.C. This work was funded by The Trebek Initiative.When I moved to Tofino from Toronto nine years ago, I soon learned that the place I’d dreamed of living had more stories to tell than what was being sold to the public.
- ▪Cook lives on the small island that’s a short boat ride from Tofino with his partner, Mary Forest.Annie Lax swings her friend on a hammock during Robinson Cook’s birthday party on Calf Island on June 11, 2024.
- ▪Cook lives on the small island that’s a short boat ride from Tofino with his partner, Mary Forest.Melissa Renwick is a photographer based in Tofino, B.C.
- ▪This work was funded by The Trebek Initiative.When I moved to Tofino from Toronto nine years ago, I soon learned that the place I’d dreamed of living had more stories to tell than what was being sold to the public.
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| Publication time | Fri, 24 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000 |
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