A remote homestead located on the shores of, Clayoquot Sound, this garden is only accessible by boat or floatplane. In 1915, Ada Annie Rae-Arthur and her family settled in the desolate area, building a home and an extensive garden on the 5 acres that they had cleared and named, Boat Basin Farm. The family lived on a stipend provided by Annie's Scottish in-laws with the understanding that her husband Willie was kept clear of his opium habit. Rather than leave when Willie passed, Annie persevered. She continued to run her mail order nursery (selling seeds and bulbs) out of the garden (through her very own post office). She even advertised for a new husband. In total Annie was married four times (and had 11 children). After Willie drowned, her second husband shot himself in the leg, number three succumbed to pneumonia and four was run off at gun point when he attempted to push Annie off a cliff. She lived to the age of 96, tending her 100 varieties of perennials, shrubs and trees and is said to have been an expert shooter. Collecting bounties for some 60 cougars and 80 bears, she came to be known as, Cougar Annie. The property was restored after her death in mid 1980s and is open to visitors on a limited basis.