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Vancouver Island’s history features the original First Peoples, who chose this region for their ancestral homes, and the European and Asian immigrants who crossed an ocean to build a better life for their families. Coal mining, fishing, and logging had to find a balance with the ways of the First People to form an essential respect for culture within each of the communities, making it possible for everyone to live, love, and work together peacefully and enjoy all the Island has to offer.

Art, History, & Culture Businesses

Marion-Lea Jamieson
Homalco Wildlife & Cultural Tours
Treewind Studio
Coho Books
I-Hos Gallery
Mosaic Earth
Kaatza Station Museum & Archives
Sooke Region Museum & Visitor Centre
Royal BC Museum
The Alberni Project – HMCS Alberni Museum and Memorial
Terrill Welch Gallery
Arts Council of Ladysmith & District/Ladysmith Waterfront Gallery
Courtenay & District Museum & Palaeontology Centre
The Port Theatre
Artful: The Gallery
Janet Strayer Art
Shawnigan Lake Museum
Tally-Ho Carriage Tours
Salt Spring Arts Council
Chemainus Valley Museum
Carr House
Jan’s Glass by the Sea Gallery & Studio
West End Gallery
Nanaimo Arts Council
Maple Leaf Adventures
Artina’s Jewellery
Coastal Waves Fine Art
Nanaimo Museum

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