# Long-trail record. Field meanings: docs/schema.md in this repository.

id = "west-coast-trail"
name = "West Coast Trail"
short_name = "WCT"
country = "CA"
regions = ["BC"]
length_km = 75
length_note = "75 km published"
tier = "short"
designation = "Parks Canada, Pacific Rim National Park Reserve"
wave = "held"

[source]
status = "osm-only"
publisher = "Parks Canada (publishes the trail; no open geometry found)"
url = "https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/6955341"
discovery = "osm-relation-version: Overpass `rel(ID); out meta;` (version and timestamp), or the Geofabrik replication diff; fetch again when it changes"
format = "OpenStreetMap relation, read through Overpass or a Geofabrik extract"
crs = "EPSG:4326"
licence = "ODbL-1.0"
licence_text = "OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0 (share-alike). Credit: © OpenStreetMap contributors. The OpenStreetMap copyright page states: 'You are free to copy, distribute, transmit and adapt our data, as long as you credit OpenStreetMap and its contributors.' (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright, read 2026-11-09). The track included here is from OpenStreetMap, relation 6955341."
attribution = "OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)"
osm_only = true
mainline = "OSM 6955341, with 28 'alternative' member ways kept apart from the main ways. Parks Canada's open Trails layer (Open Government Licence - Canada) does not hold this trail (1,349 features, a handful of parks)."
source_checked = "2026-11-08"
redistributable = true
line_source = "none (no line included)"
line_file = ""
line_absent_reason = "No track is included. OSM relation: 229 main ways, 1 part, 75.9 km (+1.2%). The 28 'alternative' ways are separate, good for mainline versus alternate."

[osm]
relation = 6955341
note = "Verified."

[shield]
status = "use-real-logo"
logo_source = "https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/bc/pacificrim"
contact = "Parks Canada"
note = "No logo or shield policy found. Treat as the maintaining organisation's mark."
logo_file = ""
logo_owner = "Parks Canada"

[verification]
verified = true
date = "2026-11-08"
measured_km = 75.9
difference_percent = 1.2
parts = 1
note = "OSM relation: 229 main ways, 1 part, 75.9 km (+1.2%). The 28 'alternative' ways are separate, good for mainline versus alternate."