VICTORIA AND THE ISLANDS ATTRACTIONS
BRITISH COLUMBIA

Canada's islands on the Pacific are a wonderful place to get away from it all. Tucked against the mainland edge of British Columbia and the north shore of Washington's Olympic Peninsula, Vancouver Island stretches approximately 500 km (300 miles) southeast to northwest. British Columbia's Gulf Islands lie in the protected waters of Georgia Strait, between Vancouver Island and the mainland of BC. Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands offer you experiences in golfing, salt and freshwater fishing, boating, sailing, kayaking, whale and wildlife watching, caving, hiking, scuba diving, and skiing.

Alert Bay, Black Creek, Bowen Island, Campbell River, Coombs, Comox, Courtenay, Cowichan, Cumberland, Duncan, Esquimalt, Gabriola Island, Galiano Island, Mayne Island, Nanaimo, Parksville, Pender Island, Qualicum, Port Alberni, Port McNeill, Quadra Island, Qualicum Beach, Saanich, Salt Spring Island, Sointula, Sooke, Sydney, Tofino, Ucluelet, Victoria

ARTS & CULTURE

Chemainus Festival of Murals Every year hundreds of thousands of visitors from around the world discover the hidden secrets of Chemainus, one of Vancouver Island's jewels in the crown. This samll seaside town is a tourist haven, nestled on the southeast shores of the island, 80 km north of Victoria and 30 km south of Nanaimo
Chemainus Theatre Festival Join us at the Chemainus Theatre Festival. We're central Vancouver Island's premiere professional theatre company!
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Victoria	Artcraft Gallery Salt Spring Island
Community Arts Alberni Clayoquot Region	Eagle Feather First Nations Artists Gallery & Giftshop, Victoria
Gallery at Artisan Square Bowen Island	Gildas Box of Treasures Theatre Campbell River
Henschel Fine Arts 888-663-2787 Port McNeill	I-HOS Gallery - Native Gallery & Gift Shop Courtenay
Just Art 250-956-4908 Port McNeill	Kwakiutl Art of the Copper Maker 250-949-8491 Port Hardy
Landing Party Fine Art Gallery Salt Spring Island	Nanaimo Art Gallery
Old School House Arts Centre Qualicum Beach	Paintings by Keith Holmes Galiano Island
Pegasus Gallery of Canadian Art Salt Spring Island	Quw'utsun' Cultural and Conference Centre, Duncan
Salish Pride Carving Gallery 250-746-4465 Duncan	U'mista Cultural Centre Alert Bay
ENTERTAINMENT
Butchart Gardens Victoria	Butterfly Gardens Brentwood Bay
Miniature World Victoria	National Geographic Theatre Victoria
MUSEUMS & HISTORICAL SITES
Chemanius, Esquimalt, Sydney, Saanich, Sooke, Victoria
Wawadit'ta Mungo Martin House Thunderbird Park Royal B.C. Museum, Victoria Photo courtesy of Tourism Victoria
British Columbia Aviation Museum, Sydney	CFB Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum
Craigflower Manor Victoria	Emily Carr House Victoria
Fort Rodd Hill & Fisgard Lighthouse Victoria	Government House Victoria
Helmcken House Victoria	Point Ellice House Victoria
Royal British Columbia Museum Victoria	Saanich Historical Artifacts Society Sidney
Sidney Museum Sidney	Sooke Region Museum Sooke
The Maritime Museum of British Columbia Victoria
Duncan, Chemainus, Cowichan, Nanaimo, Parksville, Qualicum, Coombs
Alberni Valley Museum Port Alberni	BC Forest Museum Duncan
Chemainus online Chemainus	Cowichan Tourism Duncan
Cowichan Native Village Duncan	Cowichan Valley Museum Duncan
Craig Museum & Historical Park 250-248-6966 Parksville	Parksville Museum Parksville
Duncan, City of Duncan	Kaatza Station Museum Lake Cowichan
Malaspina University College Museum Nanaimo	Nanaimo Bastion Museum Society Nanaimo
Nanaimo District Museum Nanaimo	Qualicum Beach Historical & Museum Society Qualicum Beach
Vancouver Island Military Museum Nanaimo
Port Alberni,Tofino, Ucluelet
Alberni Valley Museum Port Alberni	Whale Museum Tofino
Mclean Mill National Historic Site Port Alberni	Rollin Art Centre Port Alberni
Wickaninnish Interpretive Centre Tofino
Comox, Cumberland, Courtenay, Campbell River
Nestled between the Beaufort Mountains & the Strait of Georgia
Air Force Museum Comox	Campbell River & District Museum & Archives, Campbell River
Campbell River Optical Maritime Museum Campbell River	Courtenay & District Museum & Paleontology Centre, Courtenay
Cumberland Museum & Archives Cumberland
Filberg Heritage Lodge & Park Comox Filberg Festival
Haig-Brown House Campbell River	Museum at Campbell River Campbell River
The Gulf Islands
Akerman Museum on Salt Spring Island Salt Spring Island	Denman Island Museum Denman Island
Gabriola Museum Gabriola Island	Kwagiulth Museum & Cultural Centre Quathiaski Cove, Quadra Island
Mayne Island Museum Mayne Island
Salt Spring Island Museum Salt Spring Island
Northern Vancouver Island
Alert Bay Museum & Library Alert Bay	Sointula Museum Sointula
Zeballos Museum Zeballos
REGIONAL & COMMUNITY LINKS
Tourism Vancouver Island
Chemainus British Columbia	Chemainus
Coastal Communities	Comox Valley Tourism
Tourism Nanaimo
Oceanside Tourism: Parksville & Qualicum Beach, Vancouver Island’s Oceanside Region located approximately 20 minutes north of Nanaimo. Our seaside resorts and conference facilities when mixed with our small-town hospitality and superior value make Parksville & Qualicum Beach a winning combination for meetings and conferences. Your group will be focused energized and enthused while our convenience, hospitality and value provide the ideal ingredients for a successful and memorable meeting.
Pacific Rim Tourism Assoc.	Saturna Island
Sidney	Sooke Community Website
Tour Victoria	Victoria & Vancouver Island
Campbell River Tourism Salmon Capital of the World
Tourism Victoria
MEDIA
Goldstream Gazette - Colwood	Comox Valley Record - Courtenay
Cowichan News Leader - Duncan	Cowichan Pictorial - Duncan
Esquimalt News	Chronicle - Ladysmith
Lake Cowichan Gazette - Lake Cowichan	Nanaimo Daily News
Nanaimo News Bulletin	Oak Bay News
News - Parksville	Saanich News
Gulf Islands Driftwood - Salt Spring Island	Peninsula News Review - Sidney
Sooke News Mirror	CFAX - Victoria
Times Colonist - Victoria	Victoria News
NATURE, OUTDOORS AND SPORTS
The Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve Home to some five million species of animals, plants, and insects, including some of the world's largest and oldest trees, the west coast of Vancouver Island has been recognized as one of the most biologically diverse regions on earth. In January 2000, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), designated Vancouver Island's Clayoquot Sound as a World Biosphere Reserve. The 350,000 hectare (864,869 acre) reserve encompasses ancient temperate rainforest, long sandy beaches, lakes, rivers and streams, mountain peaks, rocky shores, coastal mudflats and estuaries, each with its rich population of flora and fauna. The Long Beach Unit of the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve and the town of Tofino, as well as sixteen provincial parks and ecological reserves, are all within the reserve. The Clayoquot (pronounced kla-kwat) Sound Biosphere Reserve is the first of its kind on Canada's West Coast and the first to have a marine component within its boundary The Clayoquot Biosphere Trust: www.clayoquotbiosphere.org HelloBC
GolfBC 800-446-5322 Victoria	Marine Ecology Station Cowichan Bay
Milner Gardens & Woodland Horticultural Display, Qualicum	Morrell Nature Sanctuary Nanaimo
Mount Douglas Park Victoria	Sooke Potholes
TOURS
Spring Time Blossoms and Horse Carriage Photo courtesy of Tourism Victoria
Cowichan Bay Maritime Centre	Dominion Astrophysical Observatory Victoria
Empress Hotel Victoria	Government House Victoria
Horticulture Centre of the Pacific Victoria	Institute of Ocean Science & Pacific Geoscience Centre Sidney
Miracle Beach Provincial Park Nature House Black Creek	Pacific Geoscience Centre, Sydney
Parliament Buildings Victoria	Rainforest Interpretive Centre Ucluelet
Travel with Taste Tours Victoria	Island Tourmet Safaris Salt Spring Island